I have no choice but to fight them every step of the way. I can't tell you how many other stupid ideas have been proposed over the last two years.
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It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.
My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow.
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
Liberals are always proposing perfectly insane ideas, laws that will make everybody happy, laws that will make everything right, make us live forever, and all be rich. Conservatives are never that stupid.
I have big ideas. If you don't like them, don't vote for me.
I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea.
Listen, we're going to have to fight for every vote.
My determination is not to remain stubbornly with my ideas, but I'll leave them and go over to others as soon as I am shown plausible reasons which I can grasp.
Diminishing violence is a goal everyone can support, and I look forward to participating in the debate when specific proposals come before the House.
Most of what I've proposed in Congress grew out of issues raised with me back here in Connecticut.
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