“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”

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On the recordDecember 6, 2007
I know that I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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