“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.”
“anti-Semitic incidents in the country are up 70%.”

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On the recordSeptember 26, 2013
I will wrap up. Anywhere you look in America, you see problems for public safety, for public education, for college education, for living-wage jobs. These are the pillars of success of the middle class. Let's focus on those problems and do right by the American people and quit the irresponsibility and self-manufactured damage that is happening here on Capitol Hill. Mr. President, I look forward to the remarks of my colleague, Senator Baldwin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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