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We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.

- Lois Frankel

Will, Need, Allow, Both Men And Women

It just comes out of my subconscious. If you asked me to draw you a doodle, I couldn't do it.

- Lois Frankel

Subconscious, Doodle, Draw, Asked

Mayors, I think, tend to be more no-nonsense, and you look for economic opportunities for your communities.

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Think, More, I Think, Mayors

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

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College, Student, Very, Status Quo

As much as the Congress is criticized - and a lot of it is well deserved - the fact is there are many quiet victories if you keep your head down and know how to maneuver in the process and get things done.

- Lois Frankel

Process, Fact, Victories, Deserved

We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of common sense.

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Law, Nation, Laws, Common Sense

We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle.

- Lois Frankel

Think, Drop, Going, OK

I'm from Florida, which I consider more southern. You cannot put Florida in the same category as California or New York.

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New, Southern, Which, Category

I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority.

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State Legislature, Served, Legislature

When I was a young kid, girls were taught that their role in life was to get married and have children. It was the 1950s. Those were the rules.

- Lois Frankel

Kid, Young, Role, Get Married

A North Korea that has the capability to use a nuclear weapon that can reach an American city or those of an ally poses a grave challenge as the U.S. seeks to preserve peace and stability in the region.

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City, Grave, Use, Stability

We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.

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Challenges, Enforcing, Faced

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years.

- Lois Frankel

Election, Congress, Became, Ran

Creating on-campus communities for student veterans will help ease the transition from military to student life by providing networking opportunities, assistance with federal benefits, and career services.

- Lois Frankel

Veterans, Ease, Benefits, Transition

I am not one of those who thinks that Congress needs to be in session 24 hours a day interfering in peoples' lives.

- Lois Frankel

Needs, Hours, Lives, Interfering

I think the Port of Palm Beach has an opportunity to thrive, if they can figure out how to do it with community support.

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Think, I Think, Figure, Thrive

I have learned how to take votes where I had to hold my nose because I had to compromise - something that you learn to do, especially when you have been in the minority.

- Lois Frankel

Nose, Been, Learned, I Have Learned

I definitely think there should be stronger gun safety laws, including prohibiting the sale of assault weapons, probably banning the sale of certain magazines that allow you to fire a large amount of bullets.

- Lois Frankel

Think, Gun, Allow, Weapons

I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed.

- Lois Frankel

People, Been, Pass, Legislation

I do not want to send anybody else's child to war.

- Lois Frankel

Want, Anybody, Else, Send

There should be no doubt why Israel, our best friend and greatest ally in the Middle East, has determined that Iran poses an existential threat.

- Lois Frankel

Doubt, Middle, Iran, Poses

All polling places should be safe, without discrimination against any religion.

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Places, Against, Should, Discrimination

Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together.

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Veterans, Republicans, Area, One Area

The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy.

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Freedom, Religious, Vote

My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.

- Lois Frankel

Work, Concept, Having, Legislator

I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services?

- Lois Frankel

Why, Budget Deficit, Caused, Budget

My son was born right here in Florida; he went to public schools and went to the University of Florida and surprised me - I'll tell you that - when he went into the service.

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Here, Florida, University, Surprised

One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system.

- Lois Frankel

Country, System, Upgrade, Advancing

A strong, unwavering relationship between the U.S. and its allies Japan and South Korea is necessary for the national and economic security of all three countries.

- Lois Frankel

Strong, Japan, Unwavering, South Korea

Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases.

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Japan, Trading, South, South Korea

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