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"There are 3.6 million jobs sitting vacant, in part because there aren’t enough qualified applicants to fill them."
"When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’"
"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."
Says Jeb Bush "flip-flop-flip(ped) on immigration."
"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
Of $60 billion Congress approved in response to Hurricane Sandy, "only 10 percent was for disaster relief."
"Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best, where African-American turnout actually exceeds white turnout? Mississippi."
"There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."
Says a majority of Americans -- and Republicans -- support his approach for deficit reduction.
Due to the sequester, "people are going to be unsafe. Homes are going to burn."
"There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips" because of sequestration.
Says the federal government is earning more tax revenue now "than any other time."
"There's going to be a slowdown and delays in flights" as a result of the sequester.
"When I ran against incumbent President Gerald Ford, you know how much money we raised? None."
In a budget deal struck in 2011 "a trillion dollars of cuts went into effect immediately, and then a special committee was set up ... to get agreement on another $3 trillion of cuts."
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."
If the sequester hits, "hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings."
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