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" Judges should follow the law in deciding cases - not their own values, good or bad. "
Wendy Long
Law
Judges
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" If Roe v. Wade were overturned tomorrow, nobody would even notice, because the states are legislating their own laws about abortion, completely independent. "
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" With so many serious issues and responsibilities before the United States Senate, I think New York needs an independent senator who thinks for herself, not someone who just rubberstamps the Obama agenda or checks with Chuck Schumer and says, 'Me too.' "
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" Obama and Biden want a bench crammed full of liberal judicial activists, and it's up to the American people to tell them 'no.' "
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" Good judges do not side with anyone. They rule impartially and blindly based upon the law. "
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" What I do know is that liberal Democrat policies in our big cities are not helping anybody, especially our big cities. "
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" There are no George Baileys anymore. "
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" We have to have legal immigration, which has to be something that benefits our country. "
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" The American people have made clear that they want justices who have proven records of judicial restraint - exactly the kind of justices that Obama and Biden cannot abide. "
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" The best way to have empathy for people and the best way to have empathy for our Constitution is to appoint judges who will rule based on the law and to have empathy, if you will, for the law only and to rule based on the law. "
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" The power of incumbency and the power of money is just overwhelming. "
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" Serious people need to work hard to reduce the debt, reduce taxes, and slash regulation on the small businesses and families that are the lifeblood of new jobs and innovation in our state. "
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Innovation
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" New York is a place where people have strong convictions. "
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" I think Republicans make a mistake when they seek to be 'Democrat light.' "
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" The immigration laws of the United States should not be used to buy and sell political favors. "
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" Our government is corrupt. "
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Government
Corrupt
" Government has crowded out the role of many social institutions, including the Church, that have been a great force for good in public life. "
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Good
Church
Great
" I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family. "
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Yankee
New England
New
" I had a dream to become a mounted policewoman. "
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Become
Had
Dream
" New York voters agree on this: There is too much corruption in government - federal, state, and local. "
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Government
New York
New
" Republicans can nominate bad Justices, too. Earl Warren, William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, David Souter... the list goes on. "
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List
Justices
Bad
" We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A judicial nominee is a person. You can't take the arm or leg of a nominee. "
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Person
Said
Leg
" There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity. "
Wendy Long
Tax Code
Virtue
Code
" If we can be sure of anything, it's that the immense challenges faced by our country and our nation cannot be solved by the same people in the same offices, casting the same votes for the same failed policies. "
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Challenges
Nation
People
" I will stand up for judges who faithfully follow the law as it is written. "
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Law
Stand
" I guess I was a little idealistic and thought if you are honest and you're well-qualified and capable of waging a good fight, you can raise money. And what I learned is that our campaign finance laws are really a great big incumbent protection act. "
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Money
You
Great
" Whether it's federal highway funds for the Thruway or Tappan Zee bridge project or the corrupt Cornhusker deal, Senator Gillibrand is willing to sell out our hardworking families. She has failed to address the problem that taxpayers in New York send much more to Washington that we get back. "
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Problem
Back
She
" In a nation based on the 'consent of the governed,' judges are supposed to apply the laws the people have assented to. "
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Consent
Laws
Judges
" My son was 8 or 9, and he really wanted a gun. It was Christmas, and I said to my husband, 'It's time for a gun.' "
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Time
Son
Said
" I would end the EB-5 program altogether, if we cannot establish that it can be used only to bring development to impoverished places where it otherwise truly would not occur under normal American market forces. "
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" We are in desperate need of a return to limited, constitutional government. "
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