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" Politicians are trying to attract people to issues. "

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" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "

" 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. "

" The American dream is about freedom. "

" Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. "

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

" I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone. "

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

" We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us. "

" 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. "

" I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA. "

" I don't know that anybody has walked up to me in the street or in a store or in the grocery and said to me, 'I hope you bomb Assad.' Certainly plenty have said, 'No; thumbs down, thumbs down, thumbs down.' "

" I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6. "

" We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility. "

" I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.' "

" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "

" I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what? "

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

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" Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance. "

" We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done. "

" I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.' "

" Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" If you don't vote, you don't count. "

" I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'. "

" 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 think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people. "

" I know about raising money. "

" In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply. "