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" No oyster in the world tastes as good as a Gulf oyster. "
Steve Scalise
Tastes
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" We are not giving up on repealing and replacing Obamacare. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I just know how lucky I am. "
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" 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. "
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" There are going to be times when we disagree with our leadership, but ultimately, we've got to work hard to pull our leadership to the right and to move a conservative agenda forward and unite as conservatives if we're going to get things done. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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Budget
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" The states should have much more responsibility for infrastructure building. "
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" I fought really hard to win a seat in Congress, and everybody else did, too. "
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Seat
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" The thing that probably frustrated me and hurt me the most was when there were inaccurate stories written about me or stories that were written that were trying to imply or infer things that weren't true. "
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Hurt
Me
" 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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Time
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" For all the banging from the Left that, you know, 'They don't care about people with pre-existing conditions' - There was never a day where our conference was willing to leave people out in the cold. "
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You
Day
" 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. "
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Forward
Moving
Moving Forward
" I don't want doctors and patients to be having to - having to literally ration care, take away that relationship by having the government come in and interfere. "
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Want
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" Who makes decisions for families across America? Should it be a family with their doctor, or should it be some unelected bureaucrat in Washington? "
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Decisions
Some
Doctor
" 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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Love
Service
Great
" 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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Government
Reach
" As all of us here have known, and as people all throughout the nation are witnessing, Gabby Giffords is a fighter. "
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Us
" 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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Just
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" I don't have any records from back in 2002, but when people called and asked me to speak to groups, I went and spoke to groups. "
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Spoke
Speak
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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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" 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. "
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Build
Create
You
" We can pass conservative policy that unites us. "
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Unites
" Over the years, CBO has been all over the board on healthcare. The only consistent point is they've missed the mark on different pieces. That's the nature of a scorekeeper. "
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Missed
" 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. "
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Conservative
Leadership
" I had miracles. I had angels. "
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