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“For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful…” quote by Jay Nixon — Download Open image

“For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I've considered Lacy a close personal friend.”

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The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development…

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Clearly we're in historic times here. We have - one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River is a river called the Merrimack. And…

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I can't say enough about the tremendous work the Missouri National Guard has done as part of our military efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and…

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I mean, the power of water to lift cars is amazing. A creek backed up near a railroad track. And an entire train was…

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I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy.

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By standing still, we're making the things we don't like about Obamacare even worse, forcing Missourians to bear all the costs of this law…

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Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be retooled and…

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While we all respect the solemn responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians…

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I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.

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