Yes, democracy can be messy and rough -- I understand you mix it up quite well during Question Time. (Laughter.) But whatever our differences of party or of ideology, we know in our democracies we are blessed with the greatest form of government ever known to man.

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We, here on this side of it, who experienced and lived through the debt ceiling negotiations, those of you who covered it I think understand this well.

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So his decision was, and you can understand this, well, I can't afford health insurance.

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Mr. HENRY: Well, you have to understand that I don't have something in mind and then try to fit it into a song.

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Obviously I think you all understand that the SBA administrator I think today outlined -- well, I know today -- outlined a program for providing assistance to those that -- largely fishermen that as a result of the spill and the closures that have been involved that have -- that it will greatly impact their business at an important time for their livelihood.

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Ms. PULIDO: Not as much as - well, see, you know, I don't understand the story.

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And I want to get into some details about this because I want you, as parents, as well as the educators, to understand what the data and the science and the studies and the research show actually make a big difference in terms of school improvement -- because that's what we are basing this stuff on.

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And so when I hear people trying to label folks as, well, these are Republicans, or these are Democrats, or these are people who don't understand the country -- when I hear those divisions, I say, well, you're not paying attention to what's going on in the country.

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