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“We know that al Qaeda is seeking radioactive materials and technology to launch a devastating attack, and that hundreds of radioactive sources have been lost or stolen in the U.S. and around the world.”
“The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience.”
“Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.”
“We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.”
“In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.”
“Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.”
“Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.”
“It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.”
“The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.”
“The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.”
“If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld.”
“We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.”
“First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.”
“Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.”
“Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.”
“Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.”
“Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.”
“The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.”
“The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past.”
“The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.”