Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Ted Deutch - Page 2

Pressure for the most part comes from this overarching concern that if I head into the election season without sufficient resources, then any outside group, any individual, any super PAC may choose to come in to my district and overwhelm it and take over the airwaves and control the debate.

Given my district, it would not have been right to put together a 99-song playlist and not include Barbra Streisand. She has appeal across several demographics of the district.

Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.

We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.

Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.

I believe we're stronger when we speak loudly and unapologetically for human rights; when we stand with our allies against common threats like terrorism, radicalization, and poverty; and when we unite to prevent the world's most dangerous regimes from acquiring the world's deadliest weapons.

I participate in the SNAP Challenge to raise awareness about the millions of people in our communities who struggle with hunger on a daily basis despite living in the most prosperous nation ever known.

People want the United States Congress focused on creating jobs in this country.

I became a co-chair of the Congressional Study Group from Germany several years ago with the expressed purpose of helping increase aid to Holocaust survivors.

Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.

It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.

We know that for children, hunger is especially devastating.

The Democracy is for People Amendment will stop corporations and their front groups from using their profits and dark money donations to influence our elections while reaffirming the right of the American people to elections that are fair and representatives that are accountable.

In order to survive in a dangerous neighborhood, Israel has always needed to be more than tough. The country has always needed to be smart.

While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.

Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.

Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.

I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.

Right now, there is no way that the federal government can prevent someone who's on the terror watch list from buying a gun - none.

When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.

We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.

Let's make Donald Trump explain his hair.

Working across the aisle, I helped pass laws exposing business dealings in Iran, cracking down on Iranian human rights abusers, and applying crippling sanctions to Iran's oil and gas industries.

I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.

In South Florida, where there are so many beneficiaries, when Social Security isn't adjusted to reflect their increased costs, that affects their daily lives and their contributions to our local economy.

Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.

We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.

This isn't about grabbing people's guns; this isn't about changing the Second Amendment. This simply says that someone who is on the terrorist watch list - a dangerous terrorist - should not be able to purchase a gun.

Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.

There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.

This is not a political issue. I know Florida's leadership has talked about a real commitment to helping our veterans. Now it's time for them to show it.

Because Republicans have no ideas, they want to turn elections into the battle of dollars.

It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.

Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a level that the regime determines it is simply too great to bear, and they are forced to weigh the decision to carry on their nuclear development and their illicit quest for nuclear weapons against the ever-growing pressure from their own people.

From the preemptive strike that destroyed Egypt's air force during the Six-Day War, to the daring raid on Entebbe, to using all available means to slow the Iranian nuclear program, Israelis have combined strength with ingenuity to keep the country's enemies at bay.

Let's make Jeb Bush explain his plan to give millionaires another massive tax cut.

Let's make Marco Rubio explain why he thinks oil companies should write our energy policy.

Opening Iran up to foreign investment, increasing its oil exports, and unfreezing over $100 billion in assets means more money for Hamas for building terror tunnels in Gaza, more weapons for Hezbollah in Lebanon, more slaughter in Syria, and more violence worldwide.