#eric

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #control #judicial #judicial activism #marriage

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%. ↗

— Steve Israel

#america #benefit #current #over #poverty

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined. ↗

— Steve Israel

#american workers #among #declined #dramatically #economic

The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all Americans receive the retirement benefits they've been promised. But we disagree as to how best to fix the system. ↗

— Steve Israel

#all americans #been #benefits #best #disagree

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#american #based #closer #concepts #ethics

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#failed #governments #indigenous #indigenous people #latin

I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#dominance #government #i #i think #latin

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bearing #become #being #believe #could

This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ↗

— Jim Jeffords

#american #american people #bush #bush administration #chasm

You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all these very prosaic places in America. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#also #america #exotic #homesick #know