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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Dec 14, 2020

And from now on, they have to -- in Washington, they're very concerned about who's at the table. And the rest of the country, they're more concerned about what's on the table.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Dec 14, 2020

If you don't have power, you got nothing, right? If you don't get these two Senate seats, your world is so fundamentally different.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Dec 14, 2020

People, if they want to raise the minimum wage, you want to expand health care, you got to get immediate COVID really. Families are suffering out there.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Ted Cruz is an educated intelligent man. Trump attacked his wife and attacked his father. I mean, if anybody in the world knows better than Ted Cruz, I have -- I can't explain it.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Everything. I can't think of a single thing that didn't work. And I'm gratified that President Biden is going to be president, but the reaction to this pandemic direction to this election. Everything that happened is just staggering.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Dec 10, 2020

I see polling, I do calculations all the time. I don't think anyone can really know because first of all, we don't know how the Republicans are going to react or come out wolf of chocolate or Democrats do react.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Clearly, President Trump has expressed his concerns about some items in and not in the National Defense Authorization Act. Ultimately, we will see soon if he signs it or vetoes it. He has, obviously, got…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-10
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I agree that we need to continue these negotiations and get a resolution, and, hopefully, we will in the coming week, both on COVID relief and on the funding of government. We have agreed on caps already. Hopefully, we will…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-10
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Speaker, we will continue to push to get that relief, starting with the Chabot bill--hopefully, with other things. But at least let's bring those items that we are in agreement on to the floor. Millions of jobs are at stake. Finally, I…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-10
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman, and I hope we get those answers. These are serious questions that have been raised. And we are talking about a committee that deals with the most sensitive intelligence information. In fact, most Members…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-10
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman, and I will continue to work on these items that we need to get resolved--hopefully, will get resolved--in the coming days. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Congressional Record · 2020-12-10
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 10, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my friend, the majority leader, to talk about the schedule that will be taken up next week.

Congressional Record · 2020-12-10
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to my colleague, Congressman Doug Lamborn. He is so faithful every year to organize this Special Order series. And this year, we recognize, as has been mentioned, the…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-09
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 9, 2020

Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank my friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin), for bringing this legislation, the Tribal Power Act. It is an important piece of legislation to help those Tribal communities. He does, as the…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-09
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 8, 2020

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Reed) for yielding. Madam Speaker, I also want to thank my friend, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson), for leading on this important piece of legislation as well. I rise in…

Congressional Record · 2020-12-08
Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 4, 2020

Republicans on the other hand, and I hate to say this, they were flat out lying to the American people saying, oh, we've passed the curve, this is going to end.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 4, 2020

his role right now is to make sure that politicians and people in Congress understand that there are real-life people that are hurting.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 4, 2020

we knew that we needed to extend enhanced unemployment. We knew that we needed to provide help for state and local governments.

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