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If faith is your motivation, share that.

Donald Trump is a guy who has called for privatization of the V.A. That is something that is overwhelmingly rejected by America's veterans. They do not want to go down that path. Do they want improvement? Sure they do. But they don't want risky or radical.

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I'm an optimist.

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I want to make sure that Hillary Clinton is the next president of the United States because we need Secretary Clinton's focus on making sure that we build an America where our values of inclusion and opportunity for everyone are the values that bring us together.

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I ask unanimous consent that I be able to deliver a floor speech on immigration reform in Spanish.

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I would be open to a proposal that would have some minimum tax level for everyone.

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Midterm elections for first-term presidents are notoriously difficult.

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A drone isn't any different than a bomb; it's not any different than other weapons that are used, where there is always a capacity for people to be killed who you wished were not. It's just the weapons platform.

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I say we are climbing out of a ditch and we are climbing up.

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You have got to connect your land use decisions with transportation decisions.

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If faith is your motivation, share that.

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I have a moral position against the death penalty. But I took an oath of office to uphold it. Following an oath of office is also a moral obligation.

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As much as the constitutional argument matters to me, what really matters to me is this sort of moral question of can we order somebody to risk their lives about a military mission if we're not willing to debate, vote, and say that the military mission matters?

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Race to race, the Republicans are putting up candidates that are quite far out of the mainstream in terms of should we have passed the Civil Rights Act or does Social Security need to exist.

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I have a sort of Catholic-slash-Calvinist view of human nature, but every day I meet somebody who is doing cool things. So people get you out of your solitude and do things that exceed your expectations every day.

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I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.

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I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started.

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People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.

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Gay individuals should be able to adopt.

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I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

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I was a hard-times governor. I had to steer my state through the deepest recession since the 1930s. But hey, tough times don't last and tough people do. And can I tell you that Virginians are tough people? We are tough people.

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No couples in Virginia can adopt other than a married couple - that's the right policy.

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In politics, you've got to have a fallback in our line of work because your career can be over in an instant. Not that I would make much money playing a harmonica.

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The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.

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You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.

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I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.

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Let me let you in on a secret. I do plan to be on the podium with President Clinton when she's inaugurated in January 2017 - but I'm going to be sitting with the senators.

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I'm an introvert on the Myers-Briggs. I've got to have time by myself to recharge. My philosophy is sort of that humans are weak, frail, imperfect, and generally kind of bad, but every day I meet somebody who's good, and that inspires me.

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I think the reason that drones have become so controversial is because they're used in Pakistan; they're used in Yemen; they've been used in all kinds of places.

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But people ought to be proud to be Democrats right now. You know, we're a happy warrior party. And this Congress has every reason to be very, very proud of the heavy lifting that they have done.

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If we are going to be serious about enforcing the law, we have to have a background record check system to make sure that people don't get weapons who shouldn't.

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As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending.

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I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

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You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that.

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One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia?

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I will always be a partner with the president of the United States.

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When I talk to people outside the beltway, I don't think people are that divided.

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