Raul Labrador Quotes

#1. I agree with President Obama and Attorney General Holder that we need to reform our criminal sentencing laws.

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#2. I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

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#3. It would be a travesty, in my opinion, to treat those who violated our laws to get here much better than those who have patiently waited their turn to come to the United States the right way.

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#4. I'm 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe it's not just a hunting right. It's a right for everyone to carry their weapons.

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#5. It's disappointing that President Obama - who ran for office in 2008 saying he was going to be a fiscally responsible president - has caused the largest deficits and the largest debt in American history.

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#6. I think what they're looking for is for us to keep our promises and to do the simple things, like cutting spending and being responsible.

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#7. The Democratic Party believes that health insurance is a social responsibility of the nation. I believe that health insurance is an individual responsibility. And that's a really hard philosophy to mesh.

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#8. The left claims that Republicans hate Hispanics, which is just the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard, and the right just claims all we need to do is close the borders and do nothing else, which is also ridiculous.

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#9. I get along with Democrats really well, and I think that's something that's unreported. I think it's partly my libertarian tendencies.

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#10. The most biased people are the Democrats.

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#11. A special pathway to citizenship is off the table ... when I talk to members of the group in the Senate, they're saying that we're both saying the same thing.

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#12. I always get a little bit frustrated with Republicans, because we always talk about job creators, and really who we should be talking to is their employees.

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#13. I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

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#14. I was actually born and raised in Puerto Rico. I was born to a single mom. She was a wonderful woman, and she taught me to believe in myself, to work hard, play by the rules. She wanted me to get a good education, and she just told me that the best thing I could do is just study hard.

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