“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“There is nothing that ICE says that you should believe, and anything they say you should doubt immediately.”
“America’s energy producers take hit after hit from climate extremists who target them with excessive lawsuits.”
“I’m not personalizing it. I’m just pointing out somebody’s record.”

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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
Well, by their own acknowledgement, their own leaders indicated that this would enshrine the Republican agenda to end Medicare in the United States Constitution. So what we end up with is that we have these very bold statements made, that right there after the freedom of religion and the freedom of thought, the freedom of assembly, we can have the freedom from health care for anyone age 65 and older. That's not quite an honorable position to follow or to promote.
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Democratic · New York
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