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" The America I love is slipping away. "
Wendy Long
America
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" There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity. "
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" The #NeverTrump crowd is running out of steam - and time. All of its attacks - that he's as liberal as Hillary Clinton, anti-immigrant, or a con man who will say anything to be elected - have failed. "
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" We have to have legal immigration, which has to be something that benefits our country. "
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" 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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" 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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" The thing is that Chuck Schumer, for all his power and influence, is a pretty pathetic figure. You go around New York State, and people make jokes about him and talk about how he shows up at the New York State Fair and has a staffer carrying a big sign saying 'Come meet Chuck Schumer.' "
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" I've enjoyed the benefits of this country, which has been very good to me. "
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" Judges should follow the law in deciding cases - not their own values, good or bad. "
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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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" 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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" I will stand up for judges who faithfully follow the law as it is written. "
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Law
Stand
" Republicans can nominate bad Justices, too. Earl Warren, William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, David Souter... the list goes on. "
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Justices
Bad
" A judge is supposed to have empathy for no one but simply to follow the law. "
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Supposed
Empathy
" Having been on the front lines of the confirmation battles involving Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, I know firsthand what is at stake when the Senate exercises its 'advise and consent' power over federal judges. "
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" New York is a place where people have strong convictions. "
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New
People
" Christians are being persecuted, not just in the Middle East but here in this country. "
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Country
Here
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" 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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" 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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" How great would it be to have a native son lead us out of turmoil and trouble to peace and justice? Someone who follows the rule of law and not the rule of mob... This is the path Donald Trump has set for our great nation, and it's the same path I'm on. "
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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. "
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Sound
Saying
" New York voters agree on this: There is too much corruption in government - federal, state, and local. "
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New York
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" I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family. "
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" I think Republicans make a mistake when they seek to be 'Democrat light.' "
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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 kind of a small-town girl. "
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" Good judges do not side with anyone. They rule impartially and blindly based upon the law. "
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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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" Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written. "
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