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“Passionately defending one's principles is crucial. Representing your district is fundamental. But refusing to entertain the common ground - with no other cost but giving the other guy a political 'win' - is a disservice.”

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If nothing else, the cyber attacks that occurred during the 2016 presidential election have laid bare the very real vulnerabilities that exist across our…

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I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

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The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.

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Once you've stared death in the face, every day is a good day.

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We can be just as safe with a smaller, more efficient nuclear arsenal at less cost.

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I think you see a clear pattern of people in the Trump campaign coordinating with Russians.

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Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of…

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There are more kids playing hockey, and the game has become more diverse from a cultural, ethnic and geographic point of view, but we…

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Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

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What America really needs is a long-term bill that makes significant investments in our transportation infrastructure and reforms the highway trust fund to ensure…

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I don't buy that there's nothing we can do to stop criminals and the mentally ill from killing if they want to.

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Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are…

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A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

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We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what…

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The ability of the gospel to unite us on common strengths and common truths is one of the great miracles . . . of the gospel.

Jeffrey R. Holland

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Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.

Jacque Fresco

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Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

Joseph Stalin

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When you have a cavity in your tooth and you let it get worse, eventually you have to get a root canal. If you…

Olivia Newton-John

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There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a…

Seneca the Younger

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Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen.

Albert Einstein

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A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional…

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