“anti-Semitic incidents in the country are up 70%.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“I've got religious leaders constantly calling me and saying, 'I'm scared. My parishioners are scared.'”

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On the recordOctober 14, 2013
I ask unanimous consent to yield back all remaining time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing no further debate, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Andrea R. Wood, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois? The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Madeline Hughes Haikala, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama?
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