Gary Ackerman
Gary Ackerman
Gary Leonard Ackermanis a former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013 after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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This was not something he can argue with because these are the concerns that are circulating on the Hill.
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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
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We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
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We were sold a bill of goods, and the buck will stop well short of the president's desk,
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What works in nine districts doesn't work in the 10th, ... The leaders don't want to drown someone along the way.
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Sometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Patriots don't let their nation default.
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Every gun sold should require a background check, period.
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If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
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We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.