He fought so hard for Medicare, for mass transit and the minimum wage, for civil rights and women's rights.
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Remarks on Presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to Former Senator Edward W. Brooke
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There's been some confusion, I think, around this lately, and frankly, coming from the White House and some of the other positions of authority that suggest, even before we had determined who the perpetrator of this evil act was, that somehow we're going to identify an enemy.
Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.
Let’s face it, our country and our politics are in a pretty dark place right now.
There’s been, I gather, some argument between the left of the party and people who are promoting the quote-unquote abundance agenda. Listen, those things are not contradictory.





