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Darren Soto
@darrensoto· Democratic · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, in honor of Black History Month, I recognize Anthony Gordon. Anthony Gordon was born and raised in Avon Park, Florida. After graduating from Avon Park High School, he attended Polk State College on a baseball scholarship, and…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, what do we think would happen in this country if we said we were only going to lock up 1,000 people, total, for murder? Well, probably, after the thousandth person was arrested and locked up, you would have a lot more murders…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Darren Soto
@darrensoto· Democratic · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, in honor of Black History Month, I want to recognize Gail Paschall-Brown. Gail Paschall-Brown started her life in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised by her grandparents in rural North Carolina. Now a Floridian, Paschall-Brown…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Darren Soto
@darrensoto· Democratic · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 36 minutes p.m.), under its previous order and pursuant to House Resolution 121, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Ted Yoho
@tedyoho· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, as I was talking earlier about the drugs coming in, the methamphetamine and the fentanyl that is coming in, these aren't coming in by the honest farmer or ranch hand or…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Ted Yoho
@tedyoho· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, after the conclusion of the last shutdown, I was hopeful that we would work together in good faith to find a commonsense approach to secure our border. However, it appears that the Democrats are more concerned with releasing…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Ted Yoho
@tedyoho· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's yielding and putting this together. It is such an important issue. I just left another meeting, and we were talking about border security. There shouldn't even be a fight, because what we are…

Congressional Record · 2019-02-11
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

I accepted the first one, and I'm proud of what we've accomplished, because people learned during that shutdown, all about the problems coming in from the southern border.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

You can call it the Schumer or the Pelosi or the Trump shutdown. It doesn't make any difference to me. Just words.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

But if you want to really see something, go outside, tens of thousands of people are watching screens outside.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

If you would say as an example that tonight 69,000 people signed up to be here.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

But a young man who's got very little going for himself except he's got a great first name, he has -- he challenged us.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

I loved the people of this state. We've had a great romance together, you know that.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 11, 2019

I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck, because the people in this country don't want criminals and people that have lots of problems and drugs pouring into our country. So, I will take the mantle. I will be the…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 10, 2019

The president said he would be happy to shut down the government to get money for the border wall.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 10, 2019

The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime. One of the highest in the entire country and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building with a powerful…

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 10, 2019

Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for president. Will he run as our first Native American presidential candidate or has she decided that after 32 years this is not playing so well anymore?

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 10, 2019

No president ever worked harder than me (cleaning up the mess I inherited)!

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