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Tampa Bay. The new Sunshine Skyway Bridge working side by side with the construction crew. On this day there, Governor Bob Graham. It's worth Day 1 85. It's been just 13 years since I was here. In fact, it was 13 years earlier. Graham made a nostalgic trip back to his first work day.

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We've got some pictures, as a matter of fact. Talking about reminiscing 13 years ago, the teachers of Carol City High School invited there, then state Senator Bob Graham to spend a semester working with them in the classroom. The experience proved so valuable that Graham developed it into work days, his program of working with the people of Florida to learn more about their life and work.

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You learn more about people on jobs that you do in any office in Florida. You know, Graham has continued the work days because he knows it keeps him in direct touch with the people he represents. Bob Graham, working for Florida 13 years ago, the teachers of Carol City High School invited their state senator, Bob Graham, to spend a semester working with them in the classroom.

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The experience proved so valuable that Graham developed it into work days, his program of working with the people of Florida to learn more about their life and work. Graham has continued the work days because he knows it keeps him in direct touch with the people he represents.

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Bob Graham Working for Florida Bob Graham working for Florida You know what Bob Graham has done as governor? I think what he could do in the Senate. Bob Graham working for Florida in Washington. I intend to go to the United States Senate to be an advocate for Florida because if you're an advocate for Florida, you're an advocate for the future of America.

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The things that we're experiencing today are going to be the things that other states will be dealing with 5, 10 or 25 years from now. So how well the United States Senate and the national government is able to relate to the relevant issues for Florida will have a tremendous impact on the quality of our life today and on the quality of lives of all Americans in the years in the future.

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Yeah, the politicians in Washington keep trying to fix Social Security. Mhm. Bob Graham believes we shouldn't try to fix something that isn't broken. Social Security is a contract is a contract between the United States government and the people of the United States, and the people have a right to expect that contract will be honored.

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Bob Graham, working for Florida's seniors get older, the deficits probably gonna still be there throughout the Pay it off because last generation did it. Do you think that's fair for one generation to leave that kind of debt to the next. Yeah, Bob Graham agrees. He has balanced Florida's budget every year as governor, Graham wants to teach that lesson to Washington.

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Bob Graham working for Florida in Florida. We've made a commitment to improving our schools and we're getting results. Test scores are up. Our teachers hours are higher. Our standards have been raised. It hasn't been easy. We've done it by making some tough choices. I think our kids are worth it.

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Yeah, our Children have a way of knowing who's on their side. Bob Graham Working for our Children's future Bob Graham thinks Washington is losing the battle in the war on drugs, a battle we could win. The number one cause of the kind of crime that you deal with every day is drugs, and that is a war that we can win.

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Any country that can take down an Egyptian airliner over the Mediterranean in the middle of night can take down this system before it gets to Florida. It's not a question of our capacity. It's a matter of our will and commitment to win. Bob Graham, working for Florida Florida's taxes are lower than 46 other states.

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And unlike Washington, we balance our budget in Florida. We balanced our budget and we've kept our taxes among the lowest in the nation. We've done it by making some tough choices. We've done the important things, and we've done them well. We've cut waste. We've run an efficient government in Florida.

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We balance our budget every day. That's a lesson Washington could learn. Bob Graham working for Florida Bob Graham knows firsthand that our Florida law officers need real help from Washington. If we're going to stop drugs from coming across Florida's borders, you can't expect local law enforcement to be defending our borders right now.

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Those borders are wide open. 18 oh planes or boats came to the United States last year alone just to bring drugs that indicates how vulnerable we are. We're going to recapture control of our borders. It's going to take a commitment of the military resources, the United States of America, Bob Graham working for Florida, Bob Graham on the war on drugs.

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We're going to defend our borders. We've got to start at the border of the United States. That means the military that means those who are trained to wage war need to direct that war against those who are challenging the future of America. Then we'll be serious and on the offensive in the war against drugs in the United States, you can do as much in the Senate as you've done to.

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The state of Florida will all be in better shape. Bob Graham, working for Florida, Keep Bob Graham working for Florida After eight years as governor, Bob Graham has earned the smile on his face model. Community care centers for our seniors. Daycare for the Children of working mothers.

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School standards raised with student test scores up. Florida doing more for its environment than ever. And taxes lower than 46 other states. And with a balanced budget in Florida, we balance our budget every day. That's a lesson Washington could learn. Keep our program working for parts in the US, Actions speak louder than words, But on the drug issue, Paula Hawkins words speak louder than her action.

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Hawkins campaigns against drugs but yet voted to weaken Florida's frontline on drugs by cutting the Coast Guard's budget a vote that temporarily grounded she even voted against drug abuse education for our Children. Twice Governor Bob Graham has strengthened Florida's fight against drugs. Now he wants the military to join the back.

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You know what Graham has done as governor, I think what he would do in the US election year Rhetoric versus reality. Fortunately, there's a record. October 23rd, 1985. Paula Hawkins has a chance to fight drugs by voting to fund the Coast Guard the front line in the war on drugs.

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Instead, she votes to ground them. The result in Florida. Open season for the drug smugglers. Check the Hawkins record yourself. Hawkins says the government is doing a great job intercepting drugs. Bob Graham brings the war on drugs has just begun. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U.

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S. Senate. How many hours a week did you used to go out on patrol in this 56 hours, seven days a week? And now that's scratched. Zip, Zip, right. Pretty hard to catch anybody when you're tied up the dock and correct drug smugglers gotta break the day Washington grounded the Coast Guard.

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I don't know what's going to be built by in the war on drugs, Bob Graham has called for a Coast Guard that is fully operational at all times and that is backed up by the forces of the US military. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U.

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S. Senate. Bob Graham wants to use the system he developed in Florida to cut nursing home costs to help finance added long term care for all elderly Americans. You think that's a good idea for Florida? You think it's a good idea for America, the money that we say from that can be used to help to finance some of the long term care that many people do require?

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It sounds really. We think it's a good idea. A good idea Graham developed in Florida that he would like to take to Washington keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U. S Senate. Paula Hawkins claimed that in 1982 she met with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping about stopping drug exports from China.

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Now we have learned that two of Hawkins own aides admit on the record that the meeting never took place and that she never discussed the drug issue with the Chinese leader, Paula Hawkins, press secretary and her drug issue advisor have now admitted to the press that her claims are false.

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If the people who work for Paula Hawkins now say they don't believe her, how can we? The site for Social Security and aid to the utterly is never really over here in Washington. I thought that quite a long time. I hope that Bob Graham, a proven friend of the elderly, will be here to help me in that fight in the years ahead.

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Bob Graham believes that Social Security is a contract between the people of America and their government. Graham would fight in Washington to protect that contract. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U. S. Senate. Everyone fears arrived to the hospital, but the elderly fear being kicked out of the hospital when their Medicare runs out.

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Bob Graham has a solution to the Medicare crisis. His Florida community care plan has kept our seniors healthier, cutting nursing home stays to half the national average. Fewer nursing home stays save Medicare money money that Graham would reinvest into long term care Community healthcare of Florida idea that can help all of America keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U.

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s Senate. It's not surprising to find Bob Graham at a day care center at 7 a.m. He thinks you're getting pretty old for nursery school. Yeah, get him the best. Graham understands the special problems that are working mothers and their Children face. And he's worked hard to help them with services like daycare.

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What color is that? Did you have? I don't know. Uh, I thought you said that was believed If you didn't have a facility like this, what would you do? That would be very difficult. I I couldn't teach because I didn't have family that could watch the Children every day.

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Your mother is an outstanding mother, right? You tell her that sometimes they like to hear that their Children recognize what good mommies and daddies. You tell your mommy that. Yeah. Bye. Bob Graham cares about Children, and somehow the Children always know. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U.

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S. Senate Bob Graham or Paula Hawkins for the U. S. Senate. The Orlando Sentinel. Paula Hawkins hometown newspaper had this to say. Graham has been a true leader on issue after issue, while Hawkins has been devoted to a short list of issues on which few people disagree.

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Bob Graham is a candidate the people of Florida can get excited about. And Hawkins voters don't know when they can believe her statements. That bothers us. If Paula Hawkins hometown newspaper won't support her, how can we? My opponent says, If I had my way, I'd be running for governor again.

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She's wrong because I'm excited about the challenges of the United States Senate. As governor, we weren't always certain what would face us and everything did from hurricanes to a flood of refugees together, we met the challenge. I don't know what the challenges will be before the Senate in the next six years, but I'll make the same tough decision not only for Florida but for America.

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Bob Graham for the U. S. Senate. We're blessed in Florida with an abundance of surface water and groundwater, but it exists in very vulnerable locations, hazardous waste to toxic waste. That's why we've worked so hard to protect our freshwater here in Florida. That's why we need to have the same strong action in Washington.

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Bob Graham wants to make certain that the federal government doesn't destroy the natural resources of Florida that he fought so hard to preserve. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U. S. Senate. They're convicted, the judge says. The death penalty. The next thing you know, the governor signed the death warrant and then the magic hour before some judge somewhere gives a mistake.

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Where does it feel it's going to take action by the United States Congress to stop the revolving door on death row? That's a message that we've learned in Florida. That's a message I want to carry to Washington in the United States. Senate keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U.

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S. Senate, the elderly, Bob Graham or Paula Hawk. While Hawkins has all but ignored the special problems of Florida's elderly population, Graham has helped to develop innovative programs that are models for the rest of the country. Hawkins is vacillated on the future of Social Security. Graham has pledged to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and community care for the aged.

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We strongly recommend that Florida's voters send Bob Graham to Washington to help fill the leadership vacuum that Paula Hawkins has helped to create. If Florida's elderly can't trust Paula Hawkins, how can you all right Bob Graham with a good report card for our Children. I want to tell you something.

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Just in the last few weeks, we've had a report that our students in Florida schools had the biggest increase in their test scores to go on to college of students in any state in America. That shows that the idea that we have here in Florida is working, and it will work for all America.

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You like that. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U. S Senate eight years ago. We set ambitious goals for Florida, and we've met them. I want to go to the United States Senate with a new agenda. Quality health care, protecting our environment, jobs for the future, balancing our budget, protecting our board.

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I want to go to Washington to make a difference, to make the tough decisions, not just the popular I need your help. Keep Bob Graham working for Florida in the U. S. Senate. The Governor's Mansion Tallahassee, Florida It's late at night, but not the end of Governor Bob Graham's day.

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That's why you can usually find him at this hour burning the midnight oil for Florida grams dedication to public service began at an early age. He was raised on a Florida farm in a family where public service was a way of life. I grew up in a family of love and strength, a family that gave me values, including the value of public services being the responsibility of a citizen in a democracy.

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It's been just 13 years since I was here. In fact, it was 13 years this fall that he started 13 years ago. The teachers of Carol City High School invited there, then state Senator Bob Graham to spend a semester working side by side with them in the classroom.

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The experience proved so valuable that Graham developed it into work days, his program of working with the people of Florida to learn more about their life and work. I don't know a substitute for the kind of experience that you get through workdays. You not only learn a lot about how people earn their living.

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Most important, you learn how people live. It's a way in which you go to a person's turf. They're comfortable. They're familiar. You're the outsider. People will warm up. There'll be more candid. They'll tell you about what's happening to their Children in school. What are the kind of problems with their parents in a nursing home?

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What type of job experiences they've had, what's happening in their life, which is a tremendously important part of understanding people of this state If you want to serve the people. Yeah, and or some politicians say that the United States Senate is no longer able to deal with our great national problems.

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Bob Graham thinks they're wrong. If you make that statement, I think you say the United States of America is an insignificant nation. The United States Senate is one of the most important institution in our American government. It is the place in which our founding fathers felt that you would bring the able list of our people in order to better understand, have a sense of vision over a six year term in office to deal with the most fundamental questions that faced our nation.

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If you think America is over the hill, if you think that we are on the down slope of our nation's history, uh, that the great years of America have already been written, then I think you can say the United States Senate is a trivial, insignificant institution.

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I don't agree that that's the history of America. I don't agree. That's the position of the United States Senate, 1986. Bob Graham, of course, has balanced the Florida budget every year as governor. He thinks that's a lesson Washington needs to learn because he's worried that the federal government is placing a mortgage on our Children's future.

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If we continue to have this deficit, what we're doing is for every dollar that's being spent. We're raising about 78 cents and borrowing 22 cents. Who do you think is going to pay the 22 cents that's being borrowed? Why do you think you're gonna be the ones to pay the cost of this deficit?

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We're the new generation. So be when we get older, the deficits probably gonna still be there, go off to pay it off. Last generation did it. We have to work together. My parents didn't leave me this kind of debt carry, and because they didn't, we've been able to do a lot of great things as families and as a nation, you're not going to have that opportunity because you're going to spend so much of your life paying off the debt that we're looking.

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Do you think that's fair for one generation to leave that kind of depth to the next? Mm, yeah. Mm. You know what Bob Graham has done as governor? Think what he could do in the United States Senate. We got a job to Jack with your name on it down that you do.

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Uh huh. Bob Graham has worked about every job in Florida during his workday, side by side with the people he represents. So it's no surprise that Graham's first priority is putting Florida back to work. He's working to save jobs and create new ones. Graham is leading the charge to cut the deficit.

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He's making the tough choices. Bob Graham, working for Florida Bob Graham started his workday program at Carol City High School in 1974 so it's no surprise that as a senator he returns again and again to the classroom. His work for Florida's Children is based on first hand experience.

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Today, Bob Graham is working to build new classrooms for new students. Their future depends on retraining to provide the skills they need for the jobs of the future because Bob Graham knows that in today's economy, education is a lifelong process. Bob Graham working for Florida There is a mountain growing in Washington, a mountain of debt.

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It's the federal deficit. Bob Graham's doing something about it. He has a plan that's tough and fair. A balanced budget amendment to keep spending under control, a line item veto for the president, federal spending cuts, economic growth and new revenues. Bob Graham knows it can be done.

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He balanced eight budgets in a role as governor Bob Graham working for Florida. It's getting harder and harder for small business to afford health care. My A supplemental insurance paid Bob Graham knows our families face a crisis in health care. We've got to come to grips with the health care issue.

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We can't afford to be spending 30% more each year for health care coverage. We're going to bankrupt companies, families, the whole nation, his plan better prevention, cost container, universal coverage and long term care for older America. Bob Graham working for Florida. Just your grandfather doesn't know anything, but I look into the face of my granddaughter, Caroline.

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I wonder. What kind of future are we leaving for her. We don't need to leave this enormous burden for our grandchildren. What we need to do today is to cut spending pro health care costs, stimulate our economy to a higher rate of growth and provide the additional revenues to eliminate the federal budget.

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I want to do that. Not just for Caroline, but for all of our Children and grandchildren. Yeah, about yeah. When I look into the face of my granddaughter Caroline, I wonder, What kind of future are we leaving for her enormous federal budget deficit. He's like a credit card that we have left open for our Children grandchildren to pay.

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I don't want have that kind of a burden imposed on them. And we don't have to do it. Yeah, it's going to take some tough choices. We're going to have to cut spending total health care costs, stimulate our economy to a higher rate of growth and provides a new record.

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Those are going to be tough and on pocket. The choice is a simple I want to do that. Not just for Caroline, but for all Children. And grand. Where Bob Graham, working for Florida. You got a jumping jack with your name on it down that you do.

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