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Mike Quigley

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 17, 1958

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

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My outspoken positions haven't always been popular in the halls of Congress, but they have been rooted in what I believed was right and necessary.

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During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.

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Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.

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The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership.

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I've seen it with my own eyes: When government takes money from the poor and the middle class, everyone suffers.

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I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

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Ironically enough, why I got into politics is because I came to the conclusion that if you wanted to save the world, which in my mind was through the environment, those elected officials seemed to be the ones who made a lot of the important decisions, if not the most important decisions.

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From high school, you can see my Sierra Club card - I've been a member since 1979. That gives you an indication of early interest.

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Just the circumstances of being in D.C., people give you books, and there are issues you want to learn more about, so you are tearing into as many as you can.

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Honest to goodness, Brian Campbell, he was holding the Cup, and there was no one around for a minute. He says, 'Hold this for a second.' So he hands it to me - one of the best moments of my life.

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One of the things we have to understand is that federal transportation dollars require a local match. If that money isn't there, that money goes to another state.

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Wrigley Field was built and designed at a time when people got to the ballpark by trolley, train, and horse cart.

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Forty-two thousand people is an attractive target for people who want to hurt us. And a ballpark that's about 6 feet, at one point, from the street is as big a target as any we can imagine.

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Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age.

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There's a world to save. Don't let anybody tell you you can't change the world. You can, and you have a moral responsibility to try.

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Democracy is not a spectator sport.

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What I would like to do... once I take care of all my kids' student loans, is buy a red 1965 Mustang and fully restore it.

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You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got our financial house in order.

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Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of that.

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