09/19/2012
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"I want to uphold in doing so, not racial profiling and not involving in labeling one group, but we need to work on this issue together."
"I hold dear and I held it up in several hearings the Constitution."
"any type of entitlement reform will not be done on the backs of little old ladies in the 18th District of Texas."
"I ask for continued support for the Violence Against Women's Act and note that we have had a number of staff lay-offs, over 2,000 in that program and that program has saved lives."