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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 5, 2019

In December I visited Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling where at a hangar--and I hope my colleagues go by and visit--it is to me a shocking display of weapons that were seized in Yemen which clearly have been provided by Iran.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 5, 2019

I think for the Iranians this is really about destabilizing Saudi Arabia's border and not about anything aimed at resolving the conflict.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 5, 2019

This is not what the War Powers Resolution was ever meant and it should not be used in this way. A vote in favor is a victory for bad politics.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 5, 2019

But this resolution stretches the definition of hostilities to cover non-U.S. military operations by other countries.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 5, 2019

I believe the committee has the solemn responsibility to appropriately exercise the congressional War Powers Act under Article 1 of the Constitution.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 5, 2019

This resolution would set a very dangerous precedent as we are now going to allow any member to use this privileged war powers tool to second guess all U.S. security cooperation agreements throughout the world.

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Jim Clyburn
@jimclyburn· Democratic · SC· Feb 5, 2019

The Charleston loophole threatens local communities by enabling guns to fall into the hands of dangerous people.

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Jim Clyburn
@jimclyburn· Democratic · SC· Feb 5, 2019

H.R. 8 will make it harder for dangerous people to get their hands on guns and hurt themselves or others.

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Bakari Sellers
@bakarisellers· Democratic · SC· Jan 31, 2019

I think that as he's going through this process and the scrutiny that he's receiving, I don't see him actually following through with that.

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Bakari Sellers
@bakarisellers· Democratic · SC· Jan 31, 2019

No question. I mean, I think unequivocally, Democrats have to stand up and call for his resignation.

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Bakari Sellers
@bakarisellers· Democratic · SC· Jan 31, 2019

I think Democrats have to say if we're going to hold Republicans accountable for the cancer in their party, the Steve Kings that are in the party, the Donald Trumps in their party, then this is not acceptable either.

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Bakari Sellers
@bakarisellers· Democratic · SC· Jan 31, 2019

I mean, yes, you can be sorry, you can apologize, you can live your life and make sure that people understand your point of view from henceforth forward. However, you cannot be the leader of a state like Virginia with its past history with…

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Bakari Sellers
@bakarisellers· Democratic · SC· Jan 31, 2019

I don't understand why he thinks he could be President of the United States. I don't understand why he is running as an independent.

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Bakari Sellers
@bakarisellers· Democratic · SC· Jan 31, 2019

Criminal justice reform, for example, economic inequality, those aren't black issues. Those are issues that are American issues and all the candidates running for office are going to have to address those.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Jan 29, 2019

Mr. Speaker, this past weekend, the world paused to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Millions of Jews were mercilessly killed as part of what the Nazis called their final solution to the Jewish problem. This happened…

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Jan 28, 2019

We are so fortunate to have the military personnel, the personnel that we have with the U.S. Custom and Border Protection agents on our border to protect American families.

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Jan 28, 2019

Mr. Speaker, this month, Qatar and the United States completed the second annual Strategic Dialogue. The State Department cited the many successes of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Strategic Dialogue highlighted the strength of the…

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Tom Rice
@tomrice· Republican · SC· Jan 28, 2019

Expanding the insured base was one of the goals, and the other goal was to bring the cost down.

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