This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - those rights are what make America great, and they belong to each and every one of us.
The use of our military in combat should first require declaration of war. I have long called for reinstating the military draft, simply because I believe strongly that a national decision to go to war must also include a broad commitment to share its burdens. Whenever Congress decides to fund a war or other U.S. combat activities, it must provide a means to pay for it-then and there-not later. If we don't have the will to fully share the burdens of war, then we have no right to send our sons and daughters into harm's way.
My president will boldly throw 1 million into poverty.
Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.
The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs.
Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.
If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.
I've been beat up pretty badly. Pretty badly. Yet at the end of the day, everyone says I'm doing a pretty good job.
Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states.
Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.
The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.
The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.
For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.
As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.
Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.
I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.
Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.
Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?
We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.
I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out.
The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.
Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.
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