Reply #12: some other things Corrine Brown has said

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"The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a patient they should be compensated to make them whole."
-Corrine Brown

As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.
-Corrine Brown

I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country.
-Corrine Brown

I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.
-Corrine Brown

I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America.
-Corrine Brown

I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.
-Corrine Brown

I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again.
-Corrine Brown

If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why.
-Corrine Brown

Is bankrupting this great country the top priority of this administration?
-Corrine Brown

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.
-Corrine Brown

Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system.
-Corrine Brown

Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs.
-Corrine Brown

So here we are, just two months away from the election, with more and more examples that modern day Jim Crowe laws are alive and well in the state of Florida.
-Corrine Brown

Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves.
-Corrine Brown

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
-Corrine Brown

The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.
-Corrine Brown

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.
-Corrine Brown

Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.
-Corrine Brown

Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved.
-Corrine Brown

Undoubtedly, there are numerous problems with the immigration system here in The United States.
-Corrine Brown

The op is 'embarrassing'. (I said that)