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" Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system. "

Corrine Brown

Money

Safety

Security

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" I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country. "

" Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves. "

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" The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a patient they should be compensated to make them whole. "

" You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida. "

" Some things I don't compromise on. Health care is one of them. "

" Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate. "

" I believe that tax dollars used to create a new school of engineering for Florida State University, when there is already a successful partnership in place with Florida A&M University, is counterproductive to increasing engineering graduates. "

" A lot of people talk about running for office, but what are you going to do when you get there? It's about service - and there aren't enough hours in the day. "

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" Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming. "

" I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America. "

" The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later. "

" Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved. "

" If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why. "

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Corrine Brown

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Two

" Everybody understands about expanding Medicaid. It's really simple. "

" Bullies have played a dirty trick to force me out of office by re-drawing my Congressional district to cover a largely rural area of north Florida and include 22 prisons, and convicted felons can't vote. "

" As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget. "

" I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it. "

" I don't have to prove my innocence to the court or to the news media. "

" Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration. "

" I will let the work I've done speak for me. "

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" This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation. "

" States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities. "