06/12/2017
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"Our oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States has more important than any allegiance my colleagues owe to any other individual."
"I would argue, at $15 trillion of national debt, the political construct that exists today is incapable of saving the American people from financial ruin."
"It's anathema to our Constitutional democracy to insulate important decisions about our country's values from the people and the political process."
"I can only imagine what America would look like today if that requirement had been imposed in 1997."