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But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.

Charles Schumer

People

Teaching

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.

Charles Schumer

Success

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?

Charles Schumer

Soldiers

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

Charles Schumer

Economy

Today

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

Charles Schumer

Mistake

Inaction

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.