Marcia Fudge Quotes
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Historically, people of color and the Diaspora have been at the bottom of the barrel, even as it relates to immigration. If we don't engage in the discussion, then what is it that we're saying to people? That we don't care?
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I do have a very large Jewish population, so it's not unusual that I would be interested in being a part of discussions and finding out what's going on in Israel.
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To put it simply, my support of Israel will be just as strong the day after Prime Minister Netanyahu's address as it is today.
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Our ultimate goal is that Iran never have a nuclear bomb.
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In a nation growing increasingly more diverse, it is imperative that the organizations tasked with keeping us informed reflect the same diversity.
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It's important to know enough about all of the candidates to make an informed choice, and our candidate is Hillary Clinton.
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We have to let young people know that we care about them and their future. I want to involve them to a level where they become the leaders and the advocates because, right now, a lot of these young people don't believe they have an advocate.
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Remnants of the foreclosure crisis linger everywhere.
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If we are to learn anything from the tragic death of Michael Brown, we must first acknowledge that we have a race issue we are not addressing.
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It's troubling that by eliminating weekend voting hours, the state of Ohio specifically banned a popular voting time of choice for minorities. In Cuyahoga County, which I represent, 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population.
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If leadership is something that is in-your-face, then that is a different type of leadership.
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We need to have a discussion on race, but we also need to have a discussion on how we are treating poor and minority people in this country.
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I'm not about sound bites. I'm about substance.
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I ask for calm yet resolute voices to be heard in our communities. It is imperative that people of good will, those who believe in a just and fair criminal justice system, hear our voices.
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I want to raise up the next generation of young people who are going to run this community. I need for them to understand government and how it works.
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It is our job, our responsibility as their representatives to help them. If we choose not to do that, we should not be their representatives.
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I don't use a lot of words unnecessarily.
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Our economic, civil, and constitutional rights are being challenged and, frankly, they are being lost.
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Inviting a foreign head of state to address the Congress is a clear breach of protocol and practice, and undermines the U.S. presidency.
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The 2012 superstorm known as Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc beyond the Eastern Seaboard and reached Northeast Ohio as well, with heavy rain, wind gusts of nearly 70 miles per hour and waves on Lake Erie reaching 15 to 18 feet.
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There was a close relationship between Mandela and the CBC.
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We've lost our way if we turn our backs on millions of Americans in need.
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All artists deserve compensation for their work, including musicians.
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We need to tell the American public the truth. We need to let them know they're not the only ones struggling.