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"The Affordable Care Act is bringing the cost of health care in our country down."
Says Kelly Ayotte voted to "fix background checks."
"We had people that were getting killed (in Benghazi), we had people who are willing to risk their lives to go save them, and somebody told them to stand down."
"Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
"In 2010, everybody said you can't dare let guns go into the national parks, and of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that."
Among Hispanics, support for immigration reform is close to universal.
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
"We are dealing with an administration that, quite frankly, has shown a reluctance to enforce the immigration law."
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
"Pentagon confirms they may court martial soldiers who hold Christian faith."
For people with insurance, the only impact of the health care law "is that their insurance is stronger, better and more secure than it was before. Full stop. That's it. They don't have to worry about anything else."
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
"In barely four years in office, five jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama," compared to zero "in over seven years after 9/11 under George W. Bush."
"Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? FAA could cut other spending."
The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case" in which U.S. government officials examined individuals potentially involved in terrorism "and felt they were no threat and they went on to carry out terrorist murders."
"No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."
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