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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 12, 2014

Our request this year is for 34.6 based on our best assessment that given our removal priorities...

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Michael Burgess
@michaelburgess· Republican · TX· Mar 12, 2014

The President, however, decided to take money away from a working program in order to fund one that is dysfunctional.

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Michael Burgess
@michaelburgess· Republican · TX· Mar 12, 2014

The President sold the Affordable Care Act on a foundation of false promises.

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John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· Mar 12, 2014

I would like your opinion as to what you think--and the Secretary's opinion--about what you think our Army involvement potentially could be in PACOM.

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John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· Mar 12, 2014

When I was in Taiwan in October, everybody, including the cab drivers, were telling me that they needed their F-16s.

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John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· Mar 12, 2014

I represent Fort Hood, and the community that I represent has a keen interest in this issue.

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John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· Mar 12, 2014

We look forward to that report in May. It is important to our community.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Mar 12, 2014

Mr. President, I got the chance to meet David Weis, a 22- year-old student at Georgetown University, about a week ago. David's story, unfortunately, although it may sound exceptional, is not. He was just about to celebrate his 19th…

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Sherrod Brown
@sherrodbrown· Democratic · OH· Mar 12, 2014

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss one of the most concerning issues our country faces today, an issue that Chairman Harkin particularly has been outspoken on, and that is the growing retirement crisis. A couple weeks ago I chaired in…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

The Energy Information Agency said that if we allow for an export, just one more terminal is approved, that it would lead to a $62 billion increase in costs for American consumers per year.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

We should not be a middleman to transport the dirtiest oil in the world to the thirstiest foreign nations who are our economic rivals.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

We do not have self-sufficiency in natural gas in the United States. We import it. We do not have self-sufficiency in oil. We import it.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

Senator Markey stated that the Energy Department has warned that if we approve one more Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal, it will cost Americans $62 billion a year.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

You cannot preach temperance from a bar stool. You have got to be lowering your greenhouse gases, not increasing them.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

I am going to be introducing legislation today to ensure that the Keystone pipeline, if it is approved, that oil has to stay in the United States.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

The oil industry is pushing to reverse four decades of law prohibiting the export of American crude oil so that our crude oil can be shipped to China.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 12, 2014

I do not think the Edison Electric Institute was utterly ridiculous. I think they understood where we have to go to protect the climate.

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