“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“I’m popular”

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On the recordMarch 12, 2015
Under the HERO Act, we have ICE hiring veterans to get on the Internet to find some of the slave dealers online. We should thread the needle very carefully when it comes to matters such as backpage.com. Under the Communications Decency Act, freedom in America does not mean you have the freedom to enslave others. With the victory in the Civil War--and I apologize to the Senator from Texas for mentioning it--we have established the real principle of the ever expanding rule of freedom here in the United States and that does not include human slavery empowered by the Internet.
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Republican · Illinois
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