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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? "
Steve Scalise
Decisions
Some
Doctor
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" 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. "
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" I'm prepared to continue doing what we need to do to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. "
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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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" The only thing that gets reported are the tragedies. But it rarely gets reported when somebody actually uses their Second Amendment right with a gun to protect themselves against a criminal. "
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" We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall. "
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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
Growth
" We had eight years of Barack Obama depleting our military, ignoring a lot of the threats around the world. "
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Years
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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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" The states should have much more responsibility for infrastructure building. "
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" You want to talk about something that truly changes the game in this country, Medicaid is one of the most failed forms of health care. "
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Health
Talk
" 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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Price
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" I just know how lucky I am. "
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I Am
Am
" 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
" 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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Successful
You
Way
" 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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Think
People
Fault
" I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again. "
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Talking
President
He
" In the face of unspeakable evil, our whole nation must respond with countless acts of kindness, warmth and generosity. "
Steve Scalise
Face
Nation
Evil
" 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
Us
Problems
" I had miracles. I had angels. "
Steve Scalise
Miracles
Had
Angels
" 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
" 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
" We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. "
Steve Scalise
Plan
Bankruptcy
Medicare
" 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
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Support
Republican
Group
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Over
You
Working
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Positive
Government
Reach
" I understand from experience that unity is easy to call for, but it takes the right kind of leadership to achieve. "
Steve Scalise
Easy
Unity
Experience
" I've been very proud of a lot of the work I've done in New Orleans. "
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New Orleans
Work
Done
" We want to build a wall. "
Steve Scalise
Wall
Want
Build
" We're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas. "
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Ideas
Opportunity
Talents