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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash, legally and otherwise.

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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

So I thought maybe you and I together, with the help from our friends who are law professors, could come up with some examples on where there are limitations of people's First Amendment rights.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

I've heard a lot of good reasons today to pass this bill and to repeal the law. What I haven't heard is a discussion about why we should pass it in order to help the President. We have an opportunity here to do something wonderful. We have…

Congressional Record · 2012-07-10
Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

Madam Speaker, Americans know that the government takeover of health care is wrong. They spoke very loudly when the other side of the aisle forced this on America in the last Congress. It was bad policy before the Supreme Court ruled, and…

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

Madam Speaker, tomorrow House Republicans will vote for the 32nd time to repeal, defund, or dismantle the President's government health care takeover bill. Not only will this legislation grow the size of government, limiting freedom, it…

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the proceedings during the former Members program be printed in the Congressional Record and that all Members and former Members who spoke during the proceedings have the privilege of revising and…

Congressional Record · 2012-07-10
Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Jul 10, 2012

I would like to thank Chairman Kline for yielding. I am thankful for his leadership on this very important issue promoting limited government and expanding freedom. Due to the passage of ObamaCare, America is set to experience the largest…

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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Jul 9, 2012

When ObamaCare was being rammed down the throat of the minority we were denied any witnesses.

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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Jul 9, 2012

the Nation and my State, with over 16 percent uninsured, finds itself with no cost controls.

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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Jul 9, 2012

When the Speaker said, we have to pass it to find out what is in it, we knew exactly what we were in for.

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· Jul 9, 2012

I want to point to Justice Scalia's dissenting opinion when he talks about the rights of the sovereign States.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Honoring our Armed Forces Sergeant First Class Brad Thomas, Lieutenant Ryan Davis Rawl, and Sergeant John…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29
Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

Well, one, I hope my colleagues will stay around for a minute or two because this is an important topic to be talking about. Let me put this in the perspective of what we are trying to do and what we are trying to avoid. We are about $16…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29
Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

Yes, it is. Mr. McCAIN. So we are asking the Defense Department to plan on what our force structure will be, what our mission will be, what our capabilities will be, beginning the first of October, and all I can see so far is total…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29
Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to three fallen National Guard members from South Carolina who were killed in Afghanistan on June 20, 2012, in Khost Province. They were members of the 133rd Military Police Company who were serving on…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29
Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

I would like all three Senators to comment on this proposition. You have just challenged the President, who is the Commander in Chief, by the way, to fix the problem that your Secretary of Defense has said would be most devastating to our…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29
Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

Would the Senator yield? Mr. McCAIN. Yes. And I know our most eloquent member has arrived on the floor, not to mention other attributes we are lacking.

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29
Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· Jun 29, 2012

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the conference report on H.R. 4348, the surface transportation reauthorization bill of 2012. I first want to salute Chairman Mica for the tremendous job he has done in bringing this bill to the floor…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-29