“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass is more secure than our federal elections. Make sense to anyone? Pass the SAVE America Act.”

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On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
Here is a piece of legislation where we were talking about inmigrant children--through no fault of their own; they were probably brought in as tiny babies--who have grown up in the United States and have reached the age of adulthood and they have a ceiling on them. They cannot go to college. They do not have Social Security numbers. So we were basically trying to give them a dream they could go out and be Americans. They could join the military, and after they did their military service get in line for citizenship. They could go to college, and if they did well, get in line for citizenship. In any other country, if you had the two legislative bodies--the House passed it by a majority; we passed it by a big majority, 55 votes--you would have a law. The President would be signing it, and it would be law today. That is what has happened to this filibuster rule.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico
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Senator Udall discusses the challenges faced by immigrant children and the failure of the DREAM Act to become law.

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