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"And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians."
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"Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out."

"When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually."

"In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists."

"If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes."

"I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

"Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans."

"What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process."

"Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions."
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