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" Especially in the whip operation, you're in constant contact with the members and their chiefs of staff, so having a chief who's approachable and reaches out to other chiefs so people know what's going - know what they're looking for in the policy that comes to the House floor - is incredibly important. "

Steve Scalise

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People

Important

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" People want smart energy policy. "

" We need to pass conservative policy. And we can only advance our values when we are united. "

" The bottom line is, what are we doing to Obamacare? We eviscerate the law in our bill, and then we do things like expanding health savings accounts, which give families real flexibility. We reform Medicaid. "

" We can pass conservative policy that unites us. "

Steve Scalise

Conservative

Unites

" When you elected me to serve as your Whip, I committed to create an inclusive and open Whip operation - one that didn't just register your objections and move on, but instead actively sought you out and worked to build coalitions that enabled us to advance our agenda on some of the most controversial issues we have faced. "

" Barack Obama, he just sits out. He sits back; he criticizes everybody. He's got his professorial attitude, real condescending, as if he's got all the answers. "

" We're not going to let some unelected bureaucrats in Washington stop us from moving forward with our agenda, but at the end of the day, CBO is not the Holy Grail. "

" Never give up on something you believe in. "

Steve Scalise

Believe

Never Give Up

" You can't have one, two, three more picks on the Supreme Court go against our Second Amendment rights. "

" No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster. "

" I think it's a shame that the day somebody hears about a shooting, the first thing they think about is, 'How can I go promote my gun control agenda?' as opposed to saying, 'How do I go pray and help the families that are suffering?' "

" You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions. "

" If you had a job, and every day you're going back home and telling all your friends how horrible your job is and how horrible your employer is, after a while, they're going to start believing you. And then at some point, they're going to start questioning you and say, 'Why, if it's so bad, are you doing it?' "

" When you get into this line of work, you're in public office, you expect you're gonna have cheap shots taken at you. That's part of the process. "

" Dr. King challenged our country to fulfill the promises of liberty, equality, and justice prescribed in the founding of our great nation. Leading by example, he stressed the teachings of tolerance, service, and love, regardless of race, color, or creed. "

" I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country. "

Steve Scalise

Want

Border

" If you don't agree, present what you think is a better way. "

" Obviously, you cannot do full repeal of Obamacare without a 60-vote bill in the Senate, but you can surely gut the law and give people true healthcare freedom with 51 votes in the Senate. "

" We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border. "

" We had eight years of Barack Obama depleting our military, ignoring a lot of the threats around the world. "

" A lot of individuals have had their personal information compromised, and then we've seen just about every corporation in this country hacked or attempted to be hacked by foreign countries. "

" You gotta get into some confrontations sometimes to get the right result on the floor, but I think the bulk of our membership wants us to work out problems before a bill comes to the floor. "

Steve Scalise

Result

Problems

" We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall. "

" Next to the Bible, I think the Constitution is the most important document ever written. "

" I like the House. The House is where you can effect the most change. It's such a fast-moving dynamic body compared to the Senate. "

" Mexico secures their border. Why shouldn't we be able to secure ours? "

" We're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas. "

" We want to build a wall. "

" There was this mischaracterization that I ran for leadership to be the guy to get conservatives to vote for leadership. I said I would be a conservative voice at the leadership table. "

" I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds. "