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you know, there was an old-fashioned conservative principle that believed that less taxes were better than more taxes; that if you taxed something, you got less of it, so that if you place a new tax on trade, you will get less trade. There…

I think the only thing that keeps us from growing bigger is that sort of the Grassley bill is an off-ramp for people who want to symbolically oppose the tariffs but don’t want to, in reality, stop them.

We have an expansion population that gets 90% federal money, and you have traditional [Medicaid], so a disabled child in Kentucky gets 72 cents when they go to the doctor. And we know that’s just unsustainable.

a slippery slope, ripe for abuse, with unintended consequences.

Balancing the federal budget must not come at the expense of those who depend on these benefits for their health and economic security.

Let’s be clear: lying to Congress is a federal crime. Mr. Cuomo must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Numerous large companies are siphoning off hundreds of millions of dollars a year in veterans benefits, all to make a quick dollar on what has for decades been a free service.

His policies are going to specifically hurt my people.

I will finish the story. The tire was irreparable. She had to buy a new tire for a couple of hundred dollars she didn't have. She was not able to keep up with her car. She had to buy the new tire. There was no choice. She ran her debit…

I thank my friend, Chairman Hill, for bringing this important resolution of disapproval to the House floor, nullifying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's disastrous overdraft rule. Let me set the record straight, Mr. Speaker. This…

I don't believe they're going to make any cuts of any consequence.

That’s how people communicate with each other. Not through something scripted, not through polling data, but to actually be real and authentic.

We want this to be something that’s more like people’s everyday lives, where you’re going to talk about politics for 20 minutes and then you’re going to switch to entertainment or sports, family or faith.

I think that’s just so important right now, when Americans don’t trust certain institutions, or at least want to be able to verify what they’re hearing through messages directly from their officials.

I think it’s important that the Democratic Party is not simply against someone, but for something.

People now get their news from more different sources than, than ever.