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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Nebraska? There was no objection.

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

Mr. Speaker, this Friday, hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Washington for a peaceful march, exercising the most American of values--the right to assemble and the right to freedom of speech. Among the people who will come are…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

If the gentleman would perhaps be interested in entering into a bit of a dialogue, and I'm sorry I missed your earlier statement, but let me say to you, thank you for your stalwart leadership, your deep commitment to the beautiful gift of…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

There is a better way. We can do better than this. Women deserve better. But in your last comment, you touched upon the issue of sex-selected abortion, and I wonder if in your earlier comments you talked about policies, such as the…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

It's a very important part of this overall discussion, to talk about the consequences of where all of this leads. And in a country like China, which has imposed this brutality upon its own people, the women who have come here undercover…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

Again, I thank the gentleman for your poignant words, your passion, your deep belief in this. So I think now is the time to let the healing begin. Let's put the past behind us. Let's look forward, marching arm-in-arm with the new civil…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 22, 2013

If the gentleman would yield for a moment, I think it's important, an important tangent. It's not tangential. It's an element of this discussion because it shows once we give up on this basic fundamental human right, once we let go of our…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-22
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Jan 15, 2013

Amendment XXIV: Section 1: ``The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress…

Congressional Record · 2013-01-15
Chuck Hagel
@chuckhagel· Republican · NE· Jan 6, 2013

I support Israel, but my first interest, because I take an oath of office to the Constitution of the United States, not to a president, not to a party, not to Israel.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Dec 19, 2012

Many people see the administration's public commentary in the aftermath of Benghazi as misleading.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Dec 19, 2012

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Before my colleague Dan Burton leaves the Chamber, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for your thoughtful reflections here. I should tell the Speaker, as well as everyone who might be watching, that we were…

Congressional Record · 2012-12-19
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Dec 19, 2012

I don't care to be lectured to about the need to be bipartisan, particularly in such an intolerant and uncivil tone.

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Chuck Hagel
@chuckhagel· Republican · NE· Nov 30, 2012

DOD, I think in many ways has been bloated... It has gotten everything it's wanted the last 10 years and more.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Sep 12, 2012

Madam Speaker, last year, an intense debate was under way in Congress as to how to respond to the turmoil in Libya. The imminent slaughter of the people of Benghazi by former dictator Qadhafi led the United States to sustain a NATO-led…

Congressional Record · 2012-09-12
Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Sep 11, 2012

The governing structures of Libya must respond in the strongest way. They should publicly state their condemnation and commitment to restoring order.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Sep 11, 2012

Americans can tolerate ingratitude, we can tolerate insult, but we cannot tolerate the senseless killing of the official representative of our country and those who served with him, three others.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Sep 11, 2012

Democracy is not an election, it is the understanding of the protection of the inherent dignity and rights of each person within the structures that bring about the just rule of law.

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