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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

Mr. Speaker, there are many areas where we have been unified in our response to Ukraine, but it is not unifying to say leave Russia's oil off the table in terms of sanctions. That was left out by President Biden. When he issued sanctions…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

I appreciate that clarification because it is in President Biden's set of sanctions that he specifically exempted energy. Clearly, that is not unifying, even to us. But it is the money that is still allowed to be flowing into Russia, into…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

As we talk about this energy policy difference, again, I do think it could be unifying. I do think we can get to a point where we recognize some of the impediments that are real today. While the President says Make It In America, there are…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

Mr. Speaker, probably about 4 days ago, where he was talking about getting energy production addressed and some other things addressed. We shouldn't have a strategy that involves Russia helping us right now or Putin helping us right now…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

Mr. Speaker, first of all, I have been very clear from the very beginning, anyone who broke into this Capitol ought to be held accountable and is being held accountable. More arrests have been made than probably all of the cities where…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

Just again, we condemn violence of all kinds: Political violence, people that just commit violence because they want to or they think they can get away with it or they think somebody will bail them out if they do it. But we should do it…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Mar 3, 2022

Mr. Speaker, I share the gentleman's expression of unified support with the people of Ukraine. Clearly, we stand with the heroic people of Ukraine, President Zelensky, and the inspiration he has been showing to the world, and the strong…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-03
James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Mar 3, 2022

They always have wanted to raise taxes on working people, so they can pay for the taxes for their donors, rich people.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Mar 3, 2022

You take the cash, you bring out the trash.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Mar 3, 2022

I think he was kind of almost experiencing -- this was -- he was kind of born to be president at this moment. And I certainly hope that`s the case. And I think he`s doing a good job so far.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Mar 3, 2022

Well, some of this is disorder, the foreign policy stuff, gas prices. And as this recovery is impressive -- in 1994, the economy of the United States was actually getting pretty good.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Thank you, my friend, for your leadership. That was well said. As we say over and over and over, energy security is national security, and it is unconscionable that we are funding Putin's aggression in Ukraine. Madam Speaker, I am happy to…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Well said. The hypocrisy was on display last night. It is just absurd. Madam Speaker, I am happy to yield next to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good).

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Madam Speaker, President Biden's address to the Nation last night was a missed opportunity. Our country is mired in a historic number of crises of the President and his party's own making at home, at our border, and abroad. The rhetoric in…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

The words of the psalmist resonate today as much as they did when they were written so many years ago, and our God is faithful. I thank the gentlewoman for putting that in perspective tonight. Madam Speaker, I am happy to yield next to the…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Madam Speaker, energy policy is national security policy. Energy security is national security. We know that acutely now. Madam Speaker, I am delighted to yield next to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. McClain). Mrs. McCLAIN. Madam…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend. Very well said. Madam Speaker, I am happy now to yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Keller), who announced this week that he will not be seeking reelection, and he will be sorely missed because…

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 2, 2022

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend. I appreciate him very much. Madam Speaker, I am happy to yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson), who has been a mentor to me and so many others in Congress.

Congressional Record · 2022-03-02