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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" As the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case has shown us, separate is not always equal. "

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

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

" 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. "

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" We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways. "

" You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care. "

" 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. "

" Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs. "

" Is bankrupting this great country the top priority of this administration? "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "