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It’s ironic that members of the Jewish community felt compelled to take a position that is antidemocratic and …. pro-Nazi in its viciousness.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
And so when a lot of the controversy took place and my brother and I were away at school, there was no Internet during that era and I ca n’t even recall a daily newspaper in the Binghamton, New York, area but it was n’t covering the things that The News were at the time.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
And as far as I’m concerned, that is the most important marker of communication.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was a unanimous vote, in terms of the bipartisan legal group, related to the institution of the House of Representatives.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We haven’t had an internal conversation about it, we should be able to put forward a slate of committee assignments which includes Rep. Ilhan Omar on Foreign Affairs.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s now the responsibility of House Republicans to do something about it, clean up your house. And you can start with George Santos.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I just look forward to the opportunity to do the most good for the greatest number of people possible for as long as I have the opportunity to do so and can operate at the highest level.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are looking for a willing partner to solve problems for the American people, not save the Republicans from their dysfunction.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This legislation will have a positive impact on energy costs, on health care costs and on the high price of lifesaving prescription drugs, at minimum, we're focused on passing the bill right now.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Republicans are extreme on gun safety and want our communities flooded with weapons of war. Republicans are extreme in trying to deny women the freedom to make their own reproductive health care decisions. Republicans are extreme with respect to the January 6th insurrection, and it appears that many of them no longer believe in democracy. Republicans are extreme on Social Security on August 15 and Social Security and Medicare, which they want to end in five years, and Republicans are extreme in their inability to actually support legislation that would lower costs for everyday Americans, republicans are out of touch with the American people and undeserving of the opportunity to govern.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine been brave and courageous, and they are engaged in leading the struggle between democracy and autocracy, between freedom and tyranny, between truth and propaganda.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The most important thing is, as Democrats, we remain united behind the objectives that have been set by President Joe Biden, democracy is messy, and Democrats are not a cult, we're a coalition.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The extreme left is obsessed with talking trash about mainstream Democrats on Twitter, when the majority of the electorate constitute mainstream Democrats at the polls, in the post-Trump era, the anti-establishment line of attack is lame — when President Biden and Democratic legislators are delivering millions of good-paying jobs, the fastest-growing economy in 40 years and a massive child tax cut.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The investigation has found that the Governor engaged in abusive behavior toward women, including subordinates, created a hostile work environment and violated state and federal law, the time has come for Governor Andrew Cuomo to do the right thing for the people of New York State and resign.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Hundreds of Capitol police officers were violently assaulted on Jan. 6, republican members of the House claim to back the blue. They'll have an opportunity at the first hearing to keep it real and to demonstrate that those words are not just rhetorical, but they really plan to support the Capitol Police officers who defended our democracy at great personal cost to themselves on Jan. 6.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There are complicating factors in connection with the negotiations that are ongoing, in part that involve some of the law enforcement organizations at the national level trying to torpedo the progress that has been made. And that’s quite unfortunate because we can’t have a situation where a genuine bipartisan effort to achieve police accountability, it’s actually written by those police organizations that we’re trying to hold accountable — that makes zero sense. And so this is an obstacle and a stumbling block, but not an unsurprising one, because we always knew that it would exist and I still believe that it can be overcome as part of the effort to transform policing in America.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I'll let the drama, in terms of internal House Democratic dynamics, exist over on the Republican side of the aisle.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
When Liz Cheney chose patriotism, she was no longer eligible to be a leader in the House Republican conference.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I'm shocked that the House Republicansapparently were plottingto form a Jim Crow, KKK-like caucus, that should shock the conscience ofevery American.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The Senate can get to the truth, you can get to the truth by calling witnesses who can testify. And any privilege issues can be worked out by the chief justice of Supreme Court.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
President Trump tried to cheat, he got caught and then he worked hard to cover it up.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
At the same time, we want to give the President every opportunity to present exculpatory information.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We can only imagine what is in that document and we will obtain it and the American people will be able to see it.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I don't want to get caught in semantics, we all agree, from Speaker Pelosi through every single member of White House Democratic Caucus, that we have a constitutional responsibility to hold an out of control executive branch accountable.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I support the chairman's effort to hold this administration accountable. I support the investigation in all of its parameters, and I support the fact that he's taking a close look at the obstruction of justice, abuse of power and cultural corruption coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I don't think anyone has said they want their time in the spotlight, I think at the end of the day the American people will be better served if we spend as much time as possible communicating the importance of the stakes of this hearing as it relates to an incredible attack on our democracy, unprecedented in our nation's history.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We began to see yesterday, in the face of the possibility of either a criminal contempt citation or proceeding with inherent contempt that they began to see things differently all of a sudden.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
She had always been correct -- and that's why the overwhelmingly majority of the House Democratic caucus backed her position when she first uttered it, now of course the wisdom of her perspective is now being revealed for others who may have criticized her.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
At the end of the day, there are 239 members of the House Democratic caucus and the overwhelming majority of those members have made clear that we should proceed with caution with respect to impeachment.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Bob Mueller has work to do, bob Mueller has to complete Bob Mueller investigation, report to the Department of Justice and allow Congress and the American people to then process those findings before deciding how to proceed. Impeachment is premature at this moment.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are willing to support fencing where it makes sense, but it should be done in an evidence-based fashion.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
( Trump's) reaction to Charlottesville was clearly inadequate, unacceptable, inappropriate, and for many people throughout America, led them to conclude that the President of the United States chose to pull the sheets off and reveal himself, in terms of his tendency to be a racial arsonist, fanning the flames of hatred.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
These are challenging times in the United States of America -- we have a hater in the White House, a birther in chief, the grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, one of the things that we've learned is that while Jim Crow may be dead, he still got some nieces and nephews that are alive and well.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This issue is so significant that we believe outside of the context of the rules package, we want to give our colleagues -- Democrats and Republicans -- the opportunity to go on record and declare do you stand with the American people as it relates to the Affordable Care Act and protecting people with pre-existing conditions ?
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Historic criminal justice reform is now a reality because we have brought together a coalition of the unusual suspects, democrats and Republicans, the left and the right, progressives and conservatives, the ACLU and the Koch brothers, the House GOP and the Senate partnering with Jared Kushner, Donald Trump and the administration to strike a serious blow against the mass incarceration epidemic in the United States of America.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
In the last Congress, there were some in the advocate community who urged us as Democrats to step away from negotiating a bill with the Obama administration on criminal justice reform by making the argument that we could get more under a Hillary Clinton presidency, how did that work out ?
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is a horrific incident and those responsible need to be prosecuted, but from a public policy perspective, everyone at the city, state and federal level needs to re-engage in Brownsville and help the residents better pursue the American dream. Brownsville has been left behind as Brooklyn has become one of the hottest places to live in the nation.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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