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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class.
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Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
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Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
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For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.
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With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system.
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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
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I read that my lifelong dream is to serve as speaker with Hillary Clinton as president. So what?
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I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.
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I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008
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As many of you know, I come from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one-it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.
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This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008
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Members of Congress I have the high privilege and distinct honour of presenting to you, his excellency Bertie Ahern (/ei/hern), the Taoiseach, the Prime Minister of Ireland
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I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.
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I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship.
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I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.
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The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity...then you are going to be surprised.-1985
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A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
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The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
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I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.