"Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country."

Being, Country, Law, Order

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"Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country."

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"Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class."

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"NAFTA recognizes the reality of today's economy - globalization and technology. Our future is not in competing at the low-level wage job; it is in creating high-wage, new technology jobs based on our skills and our productivity."

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"Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country."

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"The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself."

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"I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service."

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"The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans."

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