Jim Clyburn Quotes

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• I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.
• Our top priority is our troops, who are making the extraordinary effort to fulfill the mission they have been given. Democrats will work with this…
• I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public…
• Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.
• In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial
• I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterdays election that they disapprove of the current direction in the…
• Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs
• Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for…
• But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve…
• I have always abhorred the word racism. I never use it.
• The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
• We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to…
• Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough?... John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so…
• I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother.
• The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion…
• Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.
• Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline,…
• Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy…
• A lot of very competent people sometimes make errors.
• I admire and respect Bill Clinton. I think he was a great president.

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