Russ Feingold Quotes

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• It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution.
• Its the reality of a situation like this that when you have a large troop presence that it has the tendency to fuel the insurgency,…
• Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care…
• It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.
• If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.
• Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find…
• We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public…
• Opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is bad public policy that has no place in the budget process,. The Budget Committee…
• I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with…
• Americans want to defeat terrorism and they want the basic character of this country to survive and prosper. They want both security and liberty, and…
• The Tea Party ended up being a shill for corporate America.
• Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering, ... According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty…
• I believe in local control of education.
• If a senator or congressman notices 25 phone calls, on any issue, on any given day, it is noted.
• It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to…
• I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.
• I'm one of the only members of the U.S. Senate who isn't a millionaire. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a millionaire. But there…
• It will make the Tea Party look like a tea party.
• The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also…
• What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not…

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