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" The states should have much more responsibility for infrastructure building. "
Steve Scalise
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" You look at Rand Paul's bill. He's got refundable tax credits. So many other bills that are out there have had this. Dr. Tom Price, who is secretary of HHS under President Trump, he had an Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill that had tax credits. "
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" The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore. "
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" Any time you're working on big things, you're going to get criticized along the way. "
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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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" Next to the Bible, I think the Constitution is the most important document ever written. "
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Constitution
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" Mexico secures their border. Why shouldn't we be able to secure ours? "
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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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" If you're making enemies along the way, you're going to limit the ability for yourself to be successful in advancing your causes. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions. "
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Want
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You
" 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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Experience
" We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall. "
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" People want smart energy policy. "
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Energy
People
Policy
" You can't say it's broken, but let's keep some of Obamacare. You have to start over. "
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Keep
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You
" I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again. "
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President
He
" We need to pass conservative policy. And we can only advance our values when we are united. "
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Need
Values
" A national carbon tax would devastate an already struggling American economy, force the cost of gas at the pump to jump even higher, and kill millions more jobs here at home. "
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" 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. "
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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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Country
Information
Personal
" At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I'm proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service. "
Steve Scalise
Service
Day
People
" If you had a job, and every day you're going back home and telling all your friends how horrible your job is and how horrible your employer is, after a while, they're going to start believing you. And then at some point, they're going to start questioning you and say, 'Why, if it's so bad, are you doing it?' "
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You
Home
Friends
" When building a strong team, you need a strong leader. "
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You
Team
Strong
" 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
" If you don't agree, present what you think is a better way. "
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Agree
Better
Present
" 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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Freedom
You
People
" Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy. "
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" 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. "
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Pain
" I just know how lucky I am. "
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