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John Bel Edwards

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John Bel Edwards is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the 56th governor of Louisiana, a position he has held since January 11, 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, Edwards has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. He has been recognized for his efforts to expand Medicaid in Louisiana, which has significantly increased access to healthcare for many residents in the state.

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Sep 6, 2007

We need a new foreign policy of conviction that requires cooperation in exchange for our support, whether it's arm sales, trade or foreign aid.

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Sep 2, 2007

America wasn't built on Wall Street. America was built by men and women who were steel workers, who were mine workers.

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Aug 26, 2007

What I know is as time passes, attention lapses, and people stop paying attention. And that's where presidential leadership is absolutely crucial...

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Aug 22, 2007

The American people deserve to know that their presidency is not for sale.

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Aug 10, 2007

It's outrageous and exploitive for Rudy to compare himself to first responders.

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Aug 6, 2007

The last thing I want to say -- and I want everyone here to hear my voice on this -- the one thing you can count on is you will never see a picture of me on the front of 'Fortune' magazine saying I am the candidate that big corporate…

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Jul 25, 2007

It's time for to us restore some fairness to this tax code. It's been driven completely out of whack by the lobbyists in Washington, by the powerful interests in Washington, and by those who value the few above the interests of the many.

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Jul 25, 2007

It is time for us to restore some fairness to this tax code. It's been driven completely out of whack by the lobbyists in Washington, by the powerful interests in Washington, and by those who value the few above the interests of the many.

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Jul 25, 2007

But, in the meantime, John Edwards is out on his tractor harvesting headlines.

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Jul 24, 2007

As president of the United States, we will embrace and lift up all Americans, whatever their faith beliefs or whether they have no faith belief.

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Jul 24, 2007

We need to find fuels that are in fact renewable, clean, and will allow us to address directly the question that has been raised, which is the issue of global warming, which I believe is a crisis.

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Jul 23, 2007

No, because the only way to provide universal coverage is to mandate that everyone be covered.

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Jul 22, 2007

While the Iraqi parliament is on vacation, is George Bush going to be on vacation in Crawford, Texas?

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Jul 22, 2007

The only way to provide universal coverage is to mandate that everyone be covered.

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Jul 22, 2007

Big insurance companies, big drug companies, big oil companies, they are not going to negotiate. They are not going to give away their power. The only way that they are going to give away their power is if we take it away from them.

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Jul 22, 2007

We have got to stand up to the insurance company and the drug companies that Barack just spoke about. It's the only way we're ever going to bring about real change. We should be outraged but by those stories.

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Jul 15, 2007

I hope that America sees that what they saw in New Orleans is not just in New Orleans. It's in rural areas in the South. It's in big cities in the North. And it is still a pervasive -- poverty is still a pervasive issue in America.

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Jul 15, 2007

It's infuriating. Just the idea that -- that people are still living like this and nothing's being done, when billions of dollars have been appropriated. Where is the money? Stuck in some bureaucrat's desk somewhere? I mean, where is it?

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Jul 15, 2007

I think that -- that the truth of the matter is, America is not paying enough attention, I would say.

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Jul 15, 2007

Well, I would -- I would gently argue with you about some of that. And, at least for now, I appear to be ahead in Iowa, very competitive in the early states. But that's all politics.

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Jul 15, 2007

a millionaire candidate who wants you to keep attention to the country's poor.

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