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" 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. "

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" Our founding fathers made no mistake when they included the right to peaceably assemble among the first tenets of democracy. "

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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. "

" 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?' "

" We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. "

" 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. "

" I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds. "

" Most Americans get that there is a need for a safety net in our country, and we support that safety net. "

" 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. "

" You can't have one, two, three more picks on the Supreme Court go against our Second Amendment rights. "

" You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions. "

" Who makes decisions for families across America? Should it be a family with their doctor, or should it be some unelected bureaucrat in Washington? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We want to build a wall. "

" Mexico secures their border. Why shouldn't we be able to secure ours? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Ultimately, what we want to do is see the president follow the laws. "

" I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty. "

Steve Scalise

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" People want smart energy policy. "

" We're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country. "

Steve Scalise

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" When building a strong team, you need a strong leader. "

" 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. "

" I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again. "

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