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"I understand Twitter has become popular among politicians. This technology allows them to stay in perpetual contact with their constituents. The electorate now has instant information about what politicians have been up to."

"There have been a couple of instances prior to now where members of the House have filed resolutions calling for release of the sealed files which were developed during the course of our committee's investigation."

"No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong, as is coming out so well."

"When we live our life as if it is an open book, we are free in body, mind, and spirit and allow anyone to read from our pages."

"We don't want to keep secrets anymore."

"But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy."
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"We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel."

"Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform."

"The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition."

"We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!"

"Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs."

"If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table."

"My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow."

"Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on."

"Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own."
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