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Vote: | I strongly believe that we as a nation can be both secure and free. |
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Vote: | If the Bush Administration cannot ensure Americans that they will be safe from the flu, how will they protect our country against a possible bio-terror or chemical attack? The American people deserve better. |
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Vote: | It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels. |
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Vote: | Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality. |
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Vote: | 'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide. |
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Vote: | No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty. |
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Vote: | The President has once again failed us. Millions of Americans are at risk of going without the flu vaccine this year because the administration failed to act proactively to ensure an adequate supply. There is simply no excuse for this. |
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Vote: | We shouldn't be so dependent on foreign oil. |
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Vote: | Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love. |
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Vote: | Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another. |
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Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1, 1947) is an American politician and businessman. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is currently a United States Senator from New Jersey serving from 2001 to 2007. He was the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee during the 2004 election cycle. On December 2, 2004, he announced his candidacy for Governor of New Jersey in the 2005 gubernatorial election.
Early Years and Education Born in central Illinois, Corzine grew up on a small family farm near Taylorville, Illinois. After completing high school, he applied to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate degree and graduated in 1969. While in college, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and served until 1975, rising to the rank of sergeant. After his active duty in 1970, he enrolled in the University of Chicago graduate business school. By 1973, he received his MBA, which launched him into his business career.
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