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" Senator Gillibrand is good at saying things that sound nice but have little substance. I don't think we elect our public officials to avoid taking a stand or a difficult position on anything. "
Wendy Long
Think
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" There are no George Baileys anymore. "
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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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" 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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" New York City is the financial capital of the world. The Dodd-Frank Act, I think, is going to change that. It's going to send jobs to London and Geneva and Hong Kong and Sydney instead of keeping New York the financial center of the world. "
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" I'm here to speak for those who say the American Dream isn't working for them, because I know it isn't. I'm here to say it's not your fault: the ruling class... has failed you. "
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" Looking at the history of our country, we have been and we are pro-immigrant, but we aren't going to be much of a country if we don't take care of our own people first and if we don't observe the rule of law. "
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" The America I love is slipping away. "
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" 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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" I'm on the Trump team. "
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" If you have empathy for both sides, then that's the same as having no empathy at all. "
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" I believe in the idea of sacrifice and fighting for what's right and giving something back to the country that's given me so much. "
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" Many Americans have sensed there is a very corrupt pay-to-play system going on in Washington. "
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Many
Going
" 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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" 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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Back
She
" 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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Nation
People
" 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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Want
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" We are in desperate need of a return to limited, constitutional government. "
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Desperate
Return
" There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity. "
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Virtue
Code
" 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
New
" 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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You
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" Paul Ryan has been a responsible legislator and public servant, almost alone among members of Congress in his belief that we need to strengthen and save our social entitlements. "
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Belief
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" New York voters agree on this: There is too much corruption in government - federal, state, and local. "
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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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" We have to have legal immigration, which has to be something that benefits our country. "
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" Christians are being persecuted, not just in the Middle East but here in this country. "
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" Thinking of ourselves as members of 'this group' or 'that group,' I think that's a recipe for division. "
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" Our government is corrupt. "
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Government
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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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" It's a sacrifice for me. It's not really something I want to do. I don't love the idea of being a U.S. senator; I love the idea of being a mother. "
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