In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky enough to catch anything because of mercury. Think about that. In 44% of all river bodies and streams its not safe to fish or swim. And yet industrial polluters continue to block legislation that would prevent mercury and MTBE from polluting our water supplies and leaving children with debilitating diseases.
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The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.
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Our government has a simple task: recognize our nations real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the priorities of the American people. It sounds simple, but its not happening today, and I know youre as frustrated with Washington as I am
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I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up Stars and Stripes Forever.
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Fixing our healthcare system as a whole is our primary challenge, and to make it happen you need to get engaged to pound the pavement, get your hands dirty, endure real sacrifice, take on antiquated thinking and help lead the public debate.
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The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different choice. They're raising veterans' health care fees by 50 a year while cutting taxes for millionaires.
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History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.
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Not to wax nostalgic about the 1970s, but back then people got upset when they saw injustice. They got tired of seeing our air, land and water polluted. They were shocked when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was polluted so badly it caught fire. And on one great day 20 million Americans marched all across this land. Politicians had no choice but to take notice.
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This administration misled a nation into war by cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond recognition.
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While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy
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Well, you know, when I talked about the 7 billion, I made a mistake in how I talk about the war. But the president made a mistake in invading Iraq. Which is worse?
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I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, that somehow the Vietnamese had brainwashed him. This is the most unbelievably callous, degrading, nonsensical piece of crap I've ever heard in my life, coming from some chicken hawk out there, to hurl at somebody who spent as long as he did being tortured and standing up for his country, and caring about it as much as he did. It's incredible that people would behave like that, absolutely stunning.
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Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us.
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Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.
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The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're paying for it, too.
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