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" You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order. "
Mike Quigley
Education
You
Financial
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" As the largest contributor to the United Nations and funder of international family planning, the U.S. is in a unique position to continue to lead the global agenda and place reproductive health at its core. "
Mike Quigley
Place
Unique
Planning
" Anytime a member of Congress wants to travel abroad - which we do from time to time as part of our official duties - we are required to check with the House Committee on Ethics as to whether the trip follows the ethics rules by which federally elected officials are bound. Not so with Supreme Court justices. "
Mike Quigley
Supreme Court
Time
Ethics
" If the U.S. fails to set the rules for global trade, then other countries with records of environmental and labor abuses, like China, will step in to fill the void. "
Mike Quigley
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Environmental
Labor
" There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it. "
Mike Quigley
Most
Gun
Support
" A Supreme Court ruling is supposed to provide clarity to contentious legal issues, but in the case of reproductive rights, it was just the beginning of a long, heated, and grueling debate. "
Mike Quigley
Supreme Court
Beginning
Long
" Without the U.S. leading the way in trade negotiations, we likely will see irreversible damage to our environment and widespread abuse of labor and human rights, all while we lose out on the opportunity to expand our economy and create jobs. "
Mike Quigley
Create
Environment
Opportunity
" I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics. "
Mike Quigley
Old
Best
Adage
" In Chicago, we have a century-old transit system that desperately needs updates to keep up with increased capacity. "
Mike Quigley
Up
Keep
Chicago
" As Americans, it is always important to remember where we once were and how far we have come. "
Mike Quigley
How Far
Always
Important
" We must not let politicians who believe they are above the Constitution interfere with the personal health decisions of women. It is the job of a woman, not a politician, to make informed decisions about her own pregnancy. "
Mike Quigley
Women
Woman
Decisions
" Congress must take some thoughtful and targeted steps towards long-term solvency in the Social Security program. One such step is to eliminate the cap on income that is taxed for Social Security. "
Mike Quigley
Step
Thoughtful
Security
" I think what we're learning with the Trump Jr. meeting is when you meet with any Russians, you're meeting with Russian intelligence. And, therefore, President Putin. "
Mike Quigley
Meet
Intelligence
Learning
" I come from a state where four governors have gone to jail since I've been alive. Two of my last four predecessors in this seat went to jail or are going to jail. "
Mike Quigley
Alive
Two
Last
" I think it can be very safe to go to O'Hare and Wrigley and Sox park and Soldier Field, but you have to deal with some reality. Just because a threat is not specific and verifiable doesn't mean nearly what it used to mean, in terms of you being able to sleep well at night. "
Mike Quigley
Think
Night
Reality
" Only in Chicago do they care more about who the mayor is than who's president. "
Mike Quigley
Care
President
Only
" Lincoln's address at Gettysburg - 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles - has been called by scholars the source of all modern political prose. "
Mike Quigley
Battles
Words
War
" While the FAST Act is a significant bipartisan accomplishment that provides much-needed funding certainty, this modest increase in funding is hardly the bold, forward-thinking plan our country needs to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create a 21st-century transportation system. "
Mike Quigley
Fast
Create
Plan
" Opening up the Capitol dome and giving the public a look at the inner workings of Congress - however messy they may be - certainly won't be pretty. But trust isn't earned by showing off only your Sunday best. The dirty laundry has to be aired, too. "
Mike Quigley
Sunday
Best
Look
" Everyone without extraordinary research skills ought to be able to know what is happening inside the government, how it operates, where their tax dollars are going. Then they can make better decisions in the electoral process. "
Mike Quigley
Research
Decisions
Government
" When they talk about my job being important, I say, 'The important jobs are the ones that you'd notice if you left for a week.' "
Mike Quigley
Important
You
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" We should be growing and make ourselves, as a state and a nation, more competitive. India, China and these other countries are not waiting for us. "
Mike Quigley
Waiting
Nation
India
" On Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country, anti-women's health politicians continue to make it clear that they will stop at nothing to end access to a safe, legal abortion. "
Mike Quigley
Country
End
Health
" Cyprus has a reputation as a laundromat for the Russians who are trying to avoid sanctions. "
Mike Quigley
Who
Russians
Avoid
" Immigration is not about visa numbers or building a fence. It is about reclaiming our roots as a nation of immigrants and a refuge for those who have been cast aside. "
Mike Quigley
Building
Immigrants
Roots
" My outspoken positions haven't always been popular in the halls of Congress, but they have been rooted in what I believed was right and necessary. "
Mike Quigley
Always
Congress
Outspoken
" Violence of all forms is wreaking havoc in communities across the country, disproportionately impacting communities of color and shaving half a million years of life off our collective lifespan. But it doesn't have to be this way. "
Mike Quigley
Color
Way
Violence
" Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government. "
Mike Quigley
Government
Fighting
Accountability
" During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby. "
Mike Quigley
Power
Time
Washington
" Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age. "
Mike Quigley
Age
Life
Your
" Everything is connected, so you can't just live in a Trumpian world and be an isolationist when you're managing government by congressional district or by city. The mentality that you can cut off one area to punish a policy just doesn't work in the real world... it's cutting off your nose to spite your face. "
Mike Quigley
City
World
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