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I Am All In Favor Of Pay Equity For Women, But This Kind Of Legislation, As Is Typical Of What's Being Proposed By My Friends On The Other Side Of The Aisle, Opens Us Up To Lawsuits For All Kinds Of Problems.

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I Am All In Favor Of Pay Equity For Women, But This Kind Of Legislation, As Is Typical Of What's Being Proposed By My Friends On The Other Side Of The Aisle, Opens Us Up To Lawsuits For All Kinds Of Problems.

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And We Are In A Strange Conundrum. You Can Kill An American Citizen Overseas. But According To This Administration, If You Capture Him In The United States, They've Got To Be Read Their Miranda Rights.

Presidential Ambition Is A Disease That Can Only Be Cured By Embalming Fluid.

If We Leave Iraq, Terrorists Will Follow Us Home.

It's The Only Way That I See That It Can Be Done," Mccain Said. "obviously, It Has Failed In The Past, But I Also Notice There Is A Somewhat Changed Attitude On The Part Of The American People About This Issue.

The Fact That We Did Not Give The Demonstrators In Iran Our Moral Support When A Young Woman Named Neda Bled To Death In The Streets Of Iran Will Go Down As One Of The Great Mistakes Of The 21st Century.

I'm Not Surprised That Governor Dean Would Oppose [the $87 Billion To Fund Iraq Reconstruction].... I've Lost Confidence That He Has Any Understanding Of The National Security Responsibilities Of A President... [b]ecause I Don't Believe That He Has Any Understanding Of The International Role That The United States Has To Play In The World. I Think It's A Kind Of A Pseudo-isolationism That Appeals To The Base Of The Caucus Voters. I Do Not Believe That Particularly In The Case Of Iraq That Governor Dean Has Any Fundamental Understanding Of What's At Stake Here.

To Equate Vladimir Putin And The United States Of America, As Donald Trump Was Asked, You Know, I Guess It Was Bill O'reilly Who Said, "but Putin Is A Killer." And He Basically Said, "so Are We." That Moral Equivalency Is A Contradiction Of Everything The United States Has Ever Stood For In The 20th And 21st Century.

My Patriotism And My Conscience Required Me To Support It And To Engage In The Debate Over Whether And How To Fight It.

We Know For A Fact The Russians Tried To Change The Outcome Of Our Election, Attacking The Very Fundamental Of Democracy. We Know They Did That. We Need To Know How, We Need To Know Why, And Most Of All We Need To Know What To Do To Prevent This Kind Of Activity, Which They Continue To Carry On In Free Nations Around The World.

I Am Confident, With The Leadership And The Backing Of The American People, President Obama Will Turn This Country Around.

Every Time There's Been An Out-of-bounds Remark Made By A Republican, No Matter Where They Are, I Have Repudiated Them.

While I Support A More Comprehensive Bill And Hope A More Extensive Package Will Eventually Past The Senate, I Also Am A Realist And Know That We Must Not Let The Perfect Bill Be The Enemy Of Real Reform.

Round Up And Deport Two Million Aliens Who Committed Crimes.

There Is No Doubt In My Mind That Rudy Giuliani In The Senate Will Be A Leader For The People Of New York But Also For The People Of Arizona And The People All Over This Country.

I Will Not Agree To Have This Bill [to Repeal Dadt ] Go Forward, Because Our Economy Is In The Tank.

Only A Fool Or A Fraud Talks Tough Or Romantically About War.

In Our Blessed And Mostly Peaceful Society We're Not As Familiar With Courage As We Once Were. We Ascribe The Virtue To All Manner Of Endeavors That Only Really Require Skill, Fortitude And A Little Daring, The Qualities Pat Tillman Showed On The Football Field. Pat's Best Service To His Country Was To Remind Us All What Courage Really Looks Like, And That The Purpose Of All Good Courage Is Love.

I Just Think That We Ought To Protect The Social Security Fund.

Well, I Don't Think It Is Amnesty To Start With. Second Of All, What Do You Want To Do With Them? That Is The Question In Response. And Third Of All, It Is A Tough Path To Citizenship. You Have To Pay Back Taxes. You've Got To Learn English. You've Got To Have A Clear Record. You've Got To Get To The Back Of The Line Behind Other People Who Have Come Here Legally Or Waiting Legally. So, I Just Reject That.

I Take A Backseat To No One In My Affection, Respect And Devotion To Veterans. And I Will Not Accept From Senator Obama, Who Did Not Feel It Was His Responsibility To Serve Our Country In Uniform, Any Lectures On My Regard For Those Who Did.

Despite Occasional Policy Differences Between Us, I Have Long Respected Jim Jeffords' Integrity, And His Conscientious Service To His Constituents And To The Nation.

I Have Said For A Long Time That I Thought The President Would Be Best Served If The Attorney General Resigned So I Think It's The Right Thing To Do.

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