"This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy."
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"Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things."
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"Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do."
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"The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple."
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"I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization."
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"You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility."
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"When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help."
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"People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat."
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"The taxpayers deserve accountability."
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"When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same."
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"If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC."
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"The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't."
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"If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things."
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"This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much."
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"One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle."
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"I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours."
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"The gains we made in the United States that have made our country great have, in large part, been made over the opposition of major corporations. On nearly every issue, from fair labor standards, to the minimum wage, to environmental standards, to standards for a safe workplace, corporations have fought against them every step of the way."
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"I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions."
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"President Eisenhower saw it coming, and it is here. Patriotism no longer exists among many of these corporations. Some companies have more economic clout than entire countries. They can make or break a politician."
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"All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity."
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