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" 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

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" I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty. "

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I Am

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are a lot of people in the Rust Belt who felt like, 'Nobody's concerned about me, and my shot at the American dream is going away.' We need to restore that. "

" You can't say it's broken, but let's keep some of Obamacare. You have to start over. "

" Under President Obama, the IRS formed a committee to aggressively go after churches and other religious organizations using the Johnson Amendment of 1954 to limit their free speech. "

Steve Scalise

Limit

Speech

" When building a strong team, you need a strong leader. "

" So let's find a way to protect people differently than Obamacare, because Obamacare's answer was, 'Just make everybody pay more'. "

Steve Scalise

Way

Protect

" We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. "

" 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

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

" I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again. "

Steve Scalise

Talking

President

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

" The states should have much more responsibility for infrastructure building. "

Steve Scalise

Building

Responsibility

" 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. "

" I'm prepared to continue doing what we need to do to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. "

" Any time you're working on big things, you're going to get criticized along the way. "

" I opposed the bailout of banks and car companies. "

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

" As all of us here have known, and as people all throughout the nation are witnessing, Gabby Giffords is a fighter. "

Steve Scalise

Here

Fighter

" We're going to try to solve problems for everyday people. "

" How about we let the states be innovative on Medicaid and do much better and smarter things? "

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

" I knew I was shot. Didn't know how bad it was. You know, in a weird way, your body kind of goes numb. You know, as bad as the wounds were - and obviously, I know now how severe it was - at the time, I guess my body had been shutting down a lot of the real pain. "

" I've always been a conservative first. "

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

" There's a general understanding amongst, I think, most people in this country that whether or not you have a preexisting condition, it's not your fault, and you shouldn't be discriminated against in healthcare policy. "

" I'm not for amnesty. People must play by the rules. And border enforcement must come first. "

" Our argument is everybody ought to be paying lower rates, and we ought to be focused on growing the economy and rebuilding the middle class. "