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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 13, 2024

Distinguished graduate of Columbia College, I am very grateful to be here with Congressman Mike Lawler. It has been 13 years since the Syrian revolution, where pro-democracy demonstrators peacefully gathered to express against the corrupt…

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Joe Wilson
@joewilson· Republican · SC· Feb 13, 2024

Families in South Carolina have been negatively affected by the failed policies of Biden, with the highest inflation in 40 years destroying jobs. Gratefully, in South Carolina, with the leadership of Republican Governor Henry McMaster, all…

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

We need to always focus on preventing war.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

NATO has been a success story for the last 75 years.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

We have to face the reality of the fact that, when you get to those ages, you get diminished.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

We need to have mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

Hamas is holding them hostage. They always have.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

I will never say that any American person is wrong.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

This is about preventing war. That's the important reason why we have to support Ukraine.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

It's insulting to military members. It's insulting to military families.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 11, 2024

Mr. President, this will take a little bit of time. Do you want to speak, sir? OK. So I want to explain sort of where we started and where we are at. Those of us old enough to remember 2001, that was a very bad day for America, and it will…

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 8, 2024

No. To my House colleagues: You can do better than this. Don't send us back H.R. 2. It is not going anywhere. You couldn't get all Republicans for H.R. 2. We lost one Republican and no Democrats. So this idea we have done enough on the…

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 8, 2024

No. That is ass-backwards. We don't do it that way. During the Gang of 8 and other attempts, we had a robust amendment process. And let me tell you, I think there are things we can do to make it better.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 8, 2024

Are you aware of the fact that people routinely vote not to proceed until they get some kind of understanding of what is coming next? And here is what came next: Not one effort to sit down and talk to the 41 of us: What would you like to…

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 8, 2024

I will be glad to. I voted no because I didn't see a process in place or willingness by my Democratic colleagues to allow me to express how I think it could be better. See, at the end of the day--you weren't here, but Senator McCain…

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 8, 2024

Thank you. So let's have an overview of where we are at here. Everything my colleagues on the Democratic side said about helping Ukraine makes perfect sense to me. I think we need to help Ukraine. I thought it was a really bad idea to get…

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Feb 8, 2024

They want the 5,000-a-day encounter that kicks in an emergency authority to shut down the border. Here is what the border council said: 5,000 encounters a day is a catastrophe; 1,000 encounters a day would be a substantial improvement. It…

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