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" My father died the year I was elected to Congress: 1987. "

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" But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. "

" As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country. "

" Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do. "

" Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward. "

" If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table. "

" As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. "

" I have a few uniforms - depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me. "

" I know about raising money. "

" The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. "

" Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away. "

" I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.' "

" Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one. "

" The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. "

" I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women. "

" After over 200 years, not even a fifth of Congress is women. "

" Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. "

" I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. "

" They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. "

Republican Party

" I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us. "

" I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship. "

" I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom. "

" With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class. "

" If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results. "

" I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.' "

" Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise. "

" Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well. "

The Right Thing

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people. "

" Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. "