Jeff Bingaman Quotes

• I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Support, Immigration, Reform

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• This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Country, Principles

  Senate vote to cut "Guantánamo Bay prisoner rights faces challenge" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.

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• I never considered the move to Washington to be a permanent move.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Moving, Permanent

  "Bingaman lets his work do talking" by Andrew Restuccia, www.politico.com. December 11, 2012.

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• People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

  Jeff Bingaman

  People, Challenges, Should

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• Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Taken, Advice, Needs

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• It is reasonable to insist that when the government deprives a person of his or her liberty? and in this case for an indefinite period of time? that the individual have a meaningful opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention and challenge whether they are being wrongfully detained.

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  Meaningful, Opportunity, Government

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• I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Tools, Use, Cases

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• I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.

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  Senior, Benefits, Medicare

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• Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.

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  Years, Energy, Cost

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• The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Country, Usa, United States

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• I think the men and women serving in Iraq today deserve special recognition for that.

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  Men, Thinking, Iraq

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• Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

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  Retirement, Looks, Saving

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• I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.

  Jeff Bingaman

  Oil, Too Much, Proposal

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