07/13/2009
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"I took a tough position against my own party because I thought it was the right thing to do."
"California, particularly the San Joaquin Valley, where my district is located, has some of the worst air quality in the Nation."
"I support the funding of Highway 99, supported a measure that provided $1 billion for that."
"Without these leaders--think about it--we wouldn't have had the Transcontinental Railroad."