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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Sep 22, 2016

I think your testimony, after listening to it, it seems to be that you are upset that there is not public money being provided for abortions, and to me, the takeaway from that is the policy outcome that you are seeking is to increase the…

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Sep 22, 2016

If there is something that you don't like as a policymaker, cigarettes, let's say, and you tax it, you will get less people to buy cigarettes, correct?

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Sep 22, 2016

But why would you--I mean, to me, it is not a question of--I mean, if you have an infant that is born alive, I mean, we have obviously had very powerful testimony, what would you lose by providing the infant treatment at that point?

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

I actually do believe a permanent right to be there, if we have no sunset ability, we have created a permanent property right in public resources.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

I think that is part of the plan to do that, which is to----

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

Yes, we need to improve our enforcement of standards, set standards, health, environmental standards.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

I think the water quality is a matter of State law and State enforcement, I believe.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

I think the floating homes, for a reasonable period, is good, but I think if you say they can never be sunset; that this is a perpetual right, that is creating personal property interest in public resources.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

Absolutely. Absolutely took it to help win World War II. There's no question about that.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

I say no. I think we have reached a reasonable compromise.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 22, 2016

Fontana has led the way here in environmental standards and other things.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 22, 2016

Mr. President, few American innovations have changed the modern world like the automobile. Cars and trucks are now woven into the very fabric of American life and culture. As a Senator from the State of Michigan, as well as a car and…

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 22, 2016

Mr. President, I thank Senator Stabenow for yielding me her remaining time. I couldn't concur more with what she had to say. This is another day. It seems like we are down here on the floor all of the time talking about the crisis in…

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Sep 22, 2016

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the incredible future of mobility in this country. Earlier this week, the Department of Transportation, or DOT, made history by releasing its official Federal policy for automated vehicles. This…

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