Corrine Brown Quotes

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fight, President, Increase

• 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.

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  Tags in Important, Public, American

• I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country.

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  Topics in Country

  Tags in Districts, Richest

• I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.

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  Tags in Support, Marriage

• 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.

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  Tags in People, Time, Again, Think

• 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.

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  Tags in People, Need, Depends

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Wondering, American

• 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.

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  Topics in Money

  Tags in Giving, Improve, Security

• Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

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  Tags in Marriage, Historically

• Is bankrupting this great country the top priority of this administration?

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  Topics in Country

  Tags in Great, Priority

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

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Public, American, Administration

• 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.

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  Tags in Fight, Possible, Ready

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

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  Tags in Important, Development, Improve

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Examples, Election

• 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.

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  Tags in Emancipation, President, Effect

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Need, Protect, Created

• 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.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Company, Punishment, Doctor

• Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance.

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  Topics in Health

  Tags in People, Insurance

• Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Everyone, Involved

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

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problems, System

Corrine Brown (26)

Birth:	11th November, 1946
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, Professor

About

Corrine Brown was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She is an American politician and professor. She is a U.S. Representative for Florida's 5th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Brown served in the Florida House of Representatives for ten years beginning in 1982. She earned a bachelor of science from Florida A&M University in 1969. She earned a master's degree in 1971 and an educational specialist degree from the University of Florida in 1974. She received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville.

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