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" We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. "
Steve Scalise
Plan
Bankruptcy
Medicare
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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. "
Steve Scalise
Work Hard
Leadership
Forward
" 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
" We are not giving up on repealing and replacing Obamacare. "
Steve Scalise
Giving
Up
Giving Up
" 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're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas. "
Steve Scalise
Ideas
Opportunity
Talents
" 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
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Trying
Hurt
Me
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Build
Create
You
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Just
Real
Back
" Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy. "
Steve Scalise
Mistake
Right
Democracy
" Any time you're working on big things, you're going to get criticized along the way. "
Steve Scalise
Big
Big Things
Way
" I fought really hard to win a seat in Congress, and everybody else did, too. "
Steve Scalise
Win
Seat
Hard
" You can't say it's broken, but let's keep some of Obamacare. You have to start over. "
Steve Scalise
Keep
Broken
You
" I had miracles. I had angels. "
Steve Scalise
Miracles
Had
Angels
" I've always been a conservative first. "
Steve Scalise
Been
Conservative
First
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
State
Congress
Well
" Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have anything to do with the healthcare decisions made between a patient and their doctor. "
Steve Scalise
Doctor
Decisions
Patient
" You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions. "
Steve Scalise
Want
Actions
You
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Care
Want
Government
" 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
Us
" If you don't agree, present what you think is a better way. "
Steve Scalise
Agree
Better
Present
" In the face of unspeakable evil, our whole nation must respond with countless acts of kindness, warmth and generosity. "
Steve Scalise
Face
Nation
Evil
" 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?' "
Steve Scalise
Together
Saying
Important
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
American
People
American Dream
" We're going to try to solve problems for everyday people. "
Steve Scalise
Problems
Everyday
People
" As both Republican Study Committee Chairman and Majority Whip, I've made it a top priority to bring openness and inclusiveness into the legislative process so we can bring our dynamic conference together as we advance our agenda. "
Steve Scalise
Republican
Together
Study
" 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?' "
Steve Scalise
Saying
Suffering
Think
" Especially in the whip operation, you're in constant contact with the members and their chiefs of staff, so having a chief who's approachable and reaches out to other chiefs so people know what's going - know what they're looking for in the policy that comes to the House floor - is incredibly important. "
Steve Scalise
Know
People
Important
" So let's find a way to protect people differently than Obamacare, because Obamacare's answer was, 'Just make everybody pay more'. "
Steve Scalise
More
Way
Protect
" Ultimately, what we want to do is see the president follow the laws. "
Steve Scalise
Want
President
See