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" I was on the board of Teach for America. And we transformed a failed public school system in the City of New Orleans, probably the most corrupted and failed system in the country. "
Steve Scalise
America
Teach
School
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" When everybody goes into their separate corners, it's just real easy to demonize the other side instead of saying, 'Okay, how can we come together and figure out how to get done what's important for the country?' "
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" 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. "
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" Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy. "
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" House Republicans are the most powerful force for limited government, strong national defense, and economic opportunity that exists in America today. But it is not enough to just talk about conservative values. "
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" I just know how lucky I am. "
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I Am
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" Mike Pence, of course, is a governor with executive experience and doing well in a Midwestern state, but also served in Congress. I served with Mike. "
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State
Congress
Well
" We can pass conservative policy that unites us. "
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Us
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" You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions. "
Steve Scalise
Want
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You
" I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country. "
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Us
Want
Border
" While we always strive to reach 218 with Republican votes, sometimes that is not possible with divided government, and the story of a bill that passed with 150 Republican votes is much more positive and assertive than the story of a bill that passes with 79 Republican votes. "
Steve Scalise
Positive
Government
Reach
" People want the Keystone pipeline built all across the country. "
Steve Scalise
Want
Built
Country
" The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore. "
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Ignore
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Will
" Barack Obama destroyed the middle class. Whatever you want to say about his rhetoric, the rich got richer, but the poor got poorer, and the middle class got wiped out. That's really what Trump appealed to and inspired in the forgotten man. "
Steve Scalise
Rich
Say
Rhetoric
" I'm very proud of the Italian heritage of my great-grandparents, who came here from Italy, and how they helped be a part of the American Dream, and that's something we want to continue to make available to everybody who wants to come here. "
Steve Scalise
Proud
American Dream
American
" If you don't agree, present what you think is a better way. "
Steve Scalise
Agree
Better
Present
" My goal is to get leadership to bring more conservative policies to the floor; it's not the other way around to get conservatives to vote for something they don't like. It's to get a more conservative product, and we've actually delivered on a number of occasions there. "
Steve Scalise
Goal
Leadership
Vote
" Next to the Bible, I think the Constitution is the most important document ever written. "
Steve Scalise
Bible
Constitution
Important
" How about we let the states be innovative on Medicaid and do much better and smarter things? "
Steve Scalise
Medicaid
Things
Smarter
" Many people who have insurance can't even use it because they have $10,000 or higher deductibles. This is something families are facing all across the nation. They've asked for relief; this was front and center on President Trump's agenda and our agenda in Congress, and we're moving forward on it. "
Steve Scalise
Forward
Moving
Moving Forward
" You want to talk about something that truly changes the game in this country, Medicaid is one of the most failed forms of health care. "
Steve Scalise
Game
Health
Talk
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Voice
Conservative
Leadership
" Paying for disasters and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive. "
Steve Scalise
Exclusive
Being
Responsible
" The problem is not that there are too many guns. It's that there are people that will go out and break the law, whether it's a gun or some other weapon or a bomb. "
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Will
People
Law
" We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border. "
Steve Scalise
People
Here
Coming
" Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have anything to do with the healthcare decisions made between a patient and their doctor. "
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Doctor
Decisions
Patient
" There are lot of issues we passed out of the House that have gotten not only a lot of Republican support - Tea Party and every group within the Republican conference - but even Democrats. "
Steve Scalise
Support
Republican
Group
" We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall. "
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President
Build
Wall
" Never give up on something you believe in. "
Steve Scalise
Up
Believe
Never Give Up
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Country
Information
Personal
" We ought to prioritize national disasters... in a fiscally responsible way. "
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Prioritize
Responsible
Disasters