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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Jan 11, 2016

You will have one chance to put together a world-class team around you, and the people who elected you.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders has credibility on this issue because he was out there early on and that Hillary Clinton is a little bit newer to these issues.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

Anyone in the American public says they want to be president is qualified to be president.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

How does Donald Trump do that? How does Donald Trump on the tension he's on now trying to separate people based on their ethnicity, based on their origin, based on, I mean, it's just -- it's divisive. It's not healthy.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

I think though he's an incredibly divisive figure. The country has never done well on a leader of a country appeals to people's fears as opposed to their hopes.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

I would hope he's have an extremely qualified staff with him. I would hope he'd have people from the last administration and other Republican administrations who were substantively grounded.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

But, tell me what he knows about strategic doctrine. Tell me what he knows about the nuclear equation with the United States and tell me what he knows about China-Soviet -- China-Russian relations.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

Bernie is speaking to a yearning that is deep and real and he has credibility on it and that is the absolute enormous concentration of wealth in a small group of people with a middle class now being able to be shown being left out.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

What Bernie Sanders has to do is say that the Second Amendment says that you can keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

I think she's come forward with some really thoughtful approaches to deal with the issue, but I just think -- and look, you know, everybody, you know, it's the old thing, no one, everybody wants to be the favorite. No one wants to be the…

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

We've taken this country from chaos to recovery, we were in the verge of resurgence, we generally we are better positioned than any nation in the world economically and politically.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jan 10, 2016

Even if Hillary loses both, I haven't thought this through, it's a long way to go in the nomination.

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Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Dec 17, 2015

Mr. President, if I might, let me briefly explain the basis for my objection. I have had the opportunity to discuss this matter with my colleague from the State of Alaska. The cruise industry foreign-flags its vessels and thus pays no U.S…

Congressional Record · 2015-12-17
Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Dec 17, 2015

Mr. President, as the year comes to a close, I would like to highlight a proclamation from the U.N. General Assembly recognizing 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies. This global initiative is aimed at…

Congressional Record · 2015-12-17
Chris Coons
@chriscoons· Democratic · DE· Dec 15, 2015

Mr. President, today our Nation is distracted by grave concerns, by threats abroad and at home, by concerns about our economy and our people. I stand here today to call on us to continue to be focused on something that is not currently at…

Congressional Record · 2015-12-15