“I know who gets to choose our senators, and it’s the people of Texas.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“I represent the whole Republican Party right now, having been elected to office in the primaries and in a general election.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“I’m not personalizing it. I’m just pointing out somebody’s record.”
“There is nothing that ICE says that you should believe, and anything they say you should doubt immediately.”

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On the recordMarch 29, 2012
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of Senate, in order to conduct a hearing entitled, ``FDA User Fee Agreements: Strengthening FDA and the Medical Products Industry for the Benefit of Patients'' on March 29, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on the judiciary
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