American - Politician | February 20, 1942 -
My wife came here at age 8 not speaking a word of English and ended up in the president's Cabinet.
Mitch McConnell
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We all got here from somewhere else going back in our lineage. And I think these gratuitous attacks on Americans who got here recently or whose parents got here recently need to stop.
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President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them.
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I don't think there should be a litmus test on judges, no matter who the president is.
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Everybody has barriers to overcome, some more than others. I don't want to act like I'm all that unique. America's full of stories like mine. This is a special country with enormous opportunity for those who don't quit.
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The majority in the Senate is prepared to restore the Senate's traditions and precedents to ensure that regardless of party, any president's judicial nominees, after full and fair debate, receive a simple up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.
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It is time to move away from advise and obstruct and get back to advise and consent.
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Our nation has a regrettable history of drawing down our forces and readiness after each conflict, only to find ourselve ill-prepared for the next great struggle.
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The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.
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I want to reassure our NATO allies that if any of them get attacked, we'll be there to defend them.
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It is time for a leader who will lead.
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More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.
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