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" We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle. "
Lois Frankel
Work
Think
Puzzle
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" I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty. "
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People
" A lone voice isn't as important as a collective voice. "
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" I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid. "
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" I don't particularly care to know the names of the people in the Freedom Caucus. "
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" Issues become much more real to me when I have stories back home. "
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" My son was born right here in Florida; he went to public schools and went to the University of Florida and surprised me - I'll tell you that - when he went into the service. "
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" My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work. "
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Focus
Work
" I really do believe in succession building and giving people experience for future leadership. "
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People
Leadership
" It just comes out of my subconscious. If you asked me to draw you a doodle, I couldn't do it. "
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Me
Out
" Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together. "
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Democrats
Progress
" Why give Russia or Syria any reason to doubt that Obama would use force? "
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Why
Doubt
Force
" We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative. "
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Family
Care
Men
" I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism. "
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Got
College
Status Quo
" The reason Jeb Bush is not doing well is because of his name. He is part of a long establishment Republican family, and this is not going well with the Republican Party. "
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Doing
Family
" I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services? "
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Out
Why
Autism
" Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases. "
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Important
America
Home
" Creating on-campus communities for student veterans will help ease the transition from military to student life by providing networking opportunities, assistance with federal benefits, and career services. "
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Networking
Help
Opportunities
" Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do. "
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Gun
Good
Closing
" I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias. "
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Come
Bias
Very
" I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed. "
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People
Got
Legislation
" We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of common sense. "
Lois Frankel
Law
Common Sense
Sometimes
" A North Korea that has the capability to use a nuclear weapon that can reach an American city or those of an ally poses a grave challenge as the U.S. seeks to preserve peace and stability in the region. "
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City
American
Challenge
" I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years. "
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Lost
Palm
Home
" I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority. "
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Majority
Legislature
Years
" Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done. "
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Done
Look
Mayor
" There's always been incivility in politics. "
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Politics
Been
Always
" I am not one of those who thinks that Congress needs to be in session 24 hours a day interfering in peoples' lives. "
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24 Hours
Am
Day
" I do not want to send anybody else's child to war. "
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Anybody
War
Child
" I definitely think there should be stronger gun safety laws, including prohibiting the sale of assault weapons, probably banning the sale of certain magazines that allow you to fire a large amount of bullets. "
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Gun
Think
Fire
" As much as the Congress is criticized - and a lot of it is well deserved - the fact is there are many quiet victories if you keep your head down and know how to maneuver in the process and get things done. "
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Process
Quiet
You