We hope to improve how people connect to businesses and the economy.

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Humans and nations are imperfect, and through our collective efforts we hope to improve our nation and bring hope and opportunity to millions who lack it.

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We must be able to track and trace cybercriminal activity, locate and arrest these bad actors, and prosecute them if we ever hope to improve cybersecurity.

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It will not only improve the health of the nearly half a million California residents we hope to reach, but will stimulate 2, 000 well-paying jobs and improve real estate values in distressed markets.

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However, left unchecked, those fears can drive us to cling on to the hope that if we procrastinate long enough, our situation will improve, or our misgivings will magically evaporate and be replaced with newfound clarity and courage.

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We can only hope that he will work to broaden the base of the GOP and improve the resonance of real fiscal reform.

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But we hope that the situation in Iraq will improve soon and that peace will once again return to our country.

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We also can hope that schools use some of their athletics funding to, you know, actually improve the quality of the education.

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And as I said, I hope that on a series of future steps that we take to help small businesses get financing, to help improve our infrastructure around the country, to put people back to work, that we're going to see more progress on that front.

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