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" It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated. "
Maxine Waters
Feeling
Need
People
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" I have been working hard trying to implement Dodd-Frank reforms. We went through a terrible crisis in 2008. Many people lost their homes. "
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" I'm accustomed to being harassed. "
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Provide
" If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. "
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" I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me. "
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Know
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People
I Am
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Bill
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Woman
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People
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Up
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Me
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