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" Look at what happened in the 1990s: when they balanced the federal budget, it was through growth in the economy and controlling spending. "
Steve Scalise
Economy
Budget
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" Let's lower costs for health care. Let's put patients in charge of their solutions. "
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" You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions. "
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" People want smart energy policy. "
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" People want the Keystone pipeline built all across the country. "
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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. "
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" I understand from experience that unity is easy to call for, but it takes the right kind of leadership to achieve. "
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" We're going to try to solve problems for everyday people. "
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" We need to pass conservative policy. And we can only advance our values when we are united. "
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" I've always been a conservative first. "
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" If you're holding a grudge against somebody over the battle you just went through, you might be working with them on the next bill. "
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" We ought to prioritize national disasters... in a fiscally responsible way. "
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" I have families all the time in my district in southeast Louisiana sharing with me stories of double digit premium increases every single year. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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You
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" We shouldn't be bailing out insurance companies under ObamaCare. "
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Obamacare
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" 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. "
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" I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty. "
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Including
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" The idea of strengthening health savings accounts... that bolsters the marketplace. "
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" 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?' "
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" There was a very strong bipartisan coalition in Congress under President Bill Clinton that passed the Defense of Marriage Act. And you've had a majority of the states in this country that have strongly stated that marriage ought to be remain the union between one man and one woman. "
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Union
You
" 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. "
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House
You
Senate
" The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore. "
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" 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. "
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Service
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" Most Americans get that there is a need for a safety net in our country, and we support that safety net. "
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" It shouldn't just be Russia we're concerned about, because many countries that are not our friends have been hacking into American accounts across the board. "
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" I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again. "
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" We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border. "
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Coming
" My theory has always been, if you take care of your business today, take care of the job you have at hand, whatever else comes down the road will be there for you. "
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