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I've been around low-income people all of my life. I mean, growing up, low income, the community where I've chosen to live, low-income. ”
Middle school students are at a critical time in their lives when making good choices matters - the decisions they make in these formative years have an impact on their future success. ”
Nothing has more impact on my district than unemployment. ”
Universal coverage is a critical goal, but even if every man and woman, every parent and every child in America woke up with an insurance card in their hands, they would still need a place to go for health care. ”
The best protection against recidivism is a job. ”
I would jump off the Willis Tower, which is the tallest building in Chicago, to support Hillary Clinton. ”
To ensure fair competition, there must be effective controls on currency manipulation, and monopoly pricing needs to be outlawed on such items as intellectual property, especially pharmaceuticals. ”
Individuals in the South are just like individuals any place else. ”
Medical disenfranchisement is fueled by a host of factors that include worsening shortage of primary care doctors in needy communities and a troubling scarcity of providers willing to treat the uninsured or publicly insured. Adding to the trend are fewer medical students choosing primary care over more lucrative and specialized fields. ”
I try to bridge the gap between police and local communities. ”