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We Montanans take pride in our low crime rate and believe honest people can disagree without being disagreeable. Maybe extremist groups believe they can find a home in Montana because of our easygoing ways.

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Believe, Maybe, Our, Crime Rate

I don't want retired schoolteachers or any other good Americans to be duped by fraudulent organizations into giving money, thinking it is going to go to disabled vets, when in fact it's not at all. It's going in to pad the pockets of some scam artists. I want to stop this stuff.

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Fact, Some, Other, Pad

I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.

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Think, Here, I Think, Bully

We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.

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Some, United, I Think, Bully

I think I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

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World, Think, I Think, Luckiest

Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

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Part, Reform, Health Reform, Essential

I think that the level playing field is so unlevel - it is tilted so much in favor of Chinese companies - that it's time for the United States to do a little bit more, see.

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United, I Think, Bit, Level Playing Field

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

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Trust, Fact, Dangerous, Embark

Failure to pass TPP sends a big signal. The United States is backing off, backing away. That will create a huge void here.

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Big, Here, United States, Signal

The recovery of the Gulf Coast region will take years to complete.

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Will, Coast, Take, Gulf Coast

The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.

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Framers, Sacrificed, Understood

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

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Opportunity, Tax, Reform, Tax Reform

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

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Number, Fundamentally, Supporting

For our part, the U.S. government has an obligation to aggressively pursue every opportunity to expand trade, boost the economy, and create well-paid jobs here at home.

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Here, Every Opportunity, Boost

The Founding Fathers provided a way to reverse unpopular Supreme Court decisions: a constitutional amendment.

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Amendment, Fathers, Provided, Unpopular

The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.

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Political, Other, Like, Legislature

U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets.

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Including, High-Quality, Montana

I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.

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Foot, Like, Just, Montana

My blood, my roots, my soul is in the state of Montana.

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Soul, Roots, My Soul, Montana

We all must make hatemongers unwelcome in our towns and communities. And we must stand by the heroes in this struggle, the police and county prosecutors who stand up to the extremists.

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Extremists, County, Our, Struggle

Trade and investment have come to be the foundation, the ballast, of the U.S.-China relationship, providing great stability.

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Investment, Trade, Providing, Stability

Protecting basic rights such as freedom of expression enhances social stability.

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Expression, Protecting, Stability

If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.

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Over, Congressional, Cases, Provision

We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.

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Learn, More, Going, Passing

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

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Result, Pretty, Issue, Controversial

School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy questions they raise.

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Will, Abortion, Agreement, Controversial

We won't sit idly by when a crime is committed in the real world. So why should we when it happens in cyber space?

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Real, Why, Committed, Idly

I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

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Think, Better Place, I Think, Ran

I have learned some core lessons along the way. Among the most important, I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can be born out of a strong economic relationship, which often begins with trade.

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Strong, Some, Out, Geopolitical

My basic advice to the Chinese with respect to the South China Sea is, 'Hey, guys, cool it.'

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China, Chinese, South, Hey

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