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" I still remember the first acronym I learned, BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front. I still try to communicate that way. No reason to dance around getting to the point. "

Mike Pompeo

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" Old ideas of not trading because 'they won't open their markets to us' miss the entire point of allowing goods to be imported into the United States - because we want and need them and because someone here believes that the good or service received in exchange for our dollars creates value for them. "

" Less intelligence capacity equals less safety. "

" Creating a new air traffic control regulator outside of the FAA would be a risky and expensive undertaking, the consequences and costs of which would be borne by American taxpayers and the traveling public. "

" One of the very first serious books I read when I was growing up was 'Atlas Shrugged.' "

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" Poll after poll shows that consumers want the right to know what's in their food and how it's produced. Because our food choices have such a significant impact on our lives, this is a trend that should be welcomed, not frustrated. "

" The responsible choice? Steer clear of business with Iran. "

" In Congress, I represent South Central Kansas, home to McConnell Air Force Base. "

" Secretary Clinton should be denied access to classified information. Congress must also hold the State Department accountable for fixing the culture of lax handling of classified information. "

" We must recognize that we cannot allow the Islamic State to continue to present an existential threat to America. "

" Secretary Clinton was warned repeatedly about her duty to secure classified information and that her unsecure server did not meet that standard. "

" Conservatives have deep distrust of government power, so I not only understand their privacy concerns, I share them. "

" I think Secretary Clinton tried to hide every one of her emails. She destroyed 30,000 of them. "

" Russia continues to side with... rogue states and terrorist organizations, following Vladimir Putin's pattern of gratuitous and unpunished affronts to U.S. interests. "

" As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that the CIA, Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and others work closely to keep tabs on the IRGC's operations. "

" When I served in the Army, along the Iron Curtain we had a word for a person who absconds with information and provides it to another nation: traitor. We also had a name for a person who chooses to reveal secrets he had personally promised to protect: common criminal. "

" President Barack Obama talks about the need to 'invest' in alternative energy sources. But the reality is that he is not investing his money - he's spending yours. "

" Even if Koch Industries had a financial interest in the Keystone XL pipeline, what possibly could be wrong with that? Perhaps more important, under what circumstances would such an interest be worthy of a congressional inquisition? "

" We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong national security and a thoughtful and informed discourse. "

" As a result of the billions of dollars flowing into Iran after the JCPOA, the Iranian regime is able to increase its support to terrorist group groups like Hezbollah. "

" Hillary Clinton cannot be the president of the United States. "