Mercedes Schlapp Quotes

Mercedes Schlapp

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : December 27, 1972

Unfortunately, our country has become so politically polarized that one side routinely attempts to destroy and discredit the other.

Mercedes Schlapp

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

Mercedes Schlapp

Thousands of children entering the country illegally have become the face of the immigration crisis in the U.S.

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The U.S. should not continue to ignore Latin America. Our nation shares regional and cultural ties with these neighboring countries.

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How many times did your parents tell you to eat your food because there were starving children in Africa? Throwing away food was considered a sin in my family.

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Allowing flexibility to local school districts to set their own nutritional standards and having parents involved in the process is a win-win for the students.

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As a working mother of a large family, preparing meals and shopping for groceries is time consuming and hard work.

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I have learned a valuable lesson from my own mother: Good nutrition starts in the home. In my home, it takes some negotiating: eat a vegetable and you may get a special treat. It seems to work for my five children.

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The Veterans Health Administration's socialized style of medicine, where the government is in charge of the hospitals and managing our veterans' health care, simply does not work.

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We need to ensure that veterans are in charge of their health care and not the government.

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The Veterans Health Administration is a perfect case study of how government should stay out of patient care altogether.

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Our veterans only deserve the highest standard of health care quality.

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Religions based on the principle of service and a focus on the less fortunate help a society deal with want.

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With increasing poverty, welfare dependency and violence in the United States, religion and religious organizations have an important role to play combating societal problems.

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Faith is a gift. Some feel like they were never blessed with it, others just casually let it fall away.

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Roe v. Wade used raw judicial power to overturn the democratically passed laws in every state in the country and remove state restrictions on abortion.

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Americans are waking up to the tragedy of abortions.

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Every woman should have access to quality health care and compassionate abortion alternatives.

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Americans hate traffic jams and also dislike power-hungry political figures.

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Everyone can relate to being stuck in a traffic jam.

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