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Tim Griffin
@timgriffin· AR· Jul 23, 2012

I support it because of fairness. I support it because of the current unfairness, the way that brick and mortar are treated versus Internet businesses.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 19, 2012

I don't support blanket assertions that we need fewer cops on the beat in the financial market.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 18, 2012

Yes. On the training material issue, they had a whole host of materials that were simply inaccurate and, in many cases, biased.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 18, 2012

Yes, but it's also about making -- it is also -- I think it is those things, but it's also about marginalizing and alienating a certain group of Americans who she does not view all American enough.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 16, 2012

It's about some people in our country thinking that if you're not in the, quote/unquote, 'mainstream,' then you have no place.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 16, 2012

If she really believes this, why is she broadcasting it? She should go to the responsible authorities to investigate it.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 16, 2012

Good people were afraid to question Joe McCarthy because they thought he would be their target. But this is an occasion where good people got to stand up and say we've seen this before. We're not going to let it happen again.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 16, 2012

I think it just is the worst of guilt by association. It is -- it is a stark affront to American values about treating people for what they did and how they behave themselves.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 16, 2012

No, it's 16 pages worth of nothing. It's 16 pages worth of repeated false allegations. Just regurgitated nonsense.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jul 16, 2012

I'm standing up for America's freedom of thought in America today and that, you know, just simply being a member of a particular religious group does not make you radioactive.

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Todd Rokita
@toddrokita· IN· Jul 10, 2012

Personal health care decisions should be made between individuals and their doctors. ObamaCare passed more than 2 years ago. In the infamous words of the House leadership on the other side of the aisle at that time, we have now had a…

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 9, 2012

I can't find any reason why I should be asked to pay for your health care when you can afford it.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jun 26, 2012

The gap between what the Social Security Administration needs to serve the American public and the resources actually appropriated by Congress was the biggest, the gap was the biggest it had been in 20 years.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 26, 2012

So does that mean that every time that there is a release from our reserves that we are going to see a blanket waiver?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 26, 2012

I think that we share the concerns about the blanket waiver of the Jones Act whenever the reserves are tapped.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jun 20, 2012

This is what I love about hearings. When we actually can have this kind of a discussion, this is what I think the public would love to hear.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jun 20, 2012

Over 77 years now, through 13 recessions, Social Security has added not one penny to our deficit or to our debt.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jun 20, 2012

Six out of ten seniors who get Social Security rely on Social Security for a majority of their income.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jun 20, 2012

Social Security, even through the worst recession since the Great Depression, is a program that people have grown to rely upon and can trust.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jun 20, 2012

Complying--the regulations might be perfectly legitimate. I am not questioning the value of the regulations, but they are expensive.

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Todd Rokita
@toddrokita· IN· Jun 7, 2012

Although the tax is not scheduled to take effect until next January, we are already feeling its choking boot on the necks of hardworking Americans and sick people. Indiana medical device companies have already laid off good Americans…

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Kris Kobach
@kriskobach· KS· Jun 7, 2012

Replace them at what cost? The employers will never say, 'Well, we tried raising wages by $5 an hour. And then we found American' -- they don't do that.

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