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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 24, 2021

What we need to do is pass the American Rescue Plan so we can get those $1,400 checks to folks so we can save our small businesses, so that we can pass the child tax credit, so that families can lift half of American children who are…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

Teachers should be a priority. We think they should be a priority.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

Teachers should be a priority. 22 states, I believe, have prioritized teachers in terms of vaccinations. We think they should be a priority.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

You know, right now, Savannah, I'm focused on what we need to do to get relief to American families, and that is my highest priority. It's our administration's highest priority. It's our job. It's a job we were elected to do. And that's my…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

So, our goal is that as many K through eight schools as possible will reopen within the first 100 days. Our goal is that it will be five days a week.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

Our goal is that as many K through eight schools as possible will reopen within the first 100 hundred days.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

We`re all really clear, teachers should be a priority. The states are making decisions individually about where they will be on the list of who gets vaccinated. I believe they should be a priority. The President believes they should be a…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

People are out of work, and they are hungry, and they can`t pay their bills. People are dying. People are sick. Children are going without an education. I don`t see a choice. We have to support America`s working families. We have to…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 17, 2021

Let me just say this. And the president has said it and we`re all really clear. Teachers should be a priority. Teachers should be a priority.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 16, 2021

Hate crimes and violence against Asian- Americans and Asian immigrants have skyrocketed during the pandemic. That`s why our administration has taken actions to address these xenophobic attacks. We must continue to commit ourselves to…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 16, 2021

We have a vaccine now, and that is great, but we need to get it in the arms of all Americans.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 16, 2021

Well, sometimes, we talk about hurricanes and then what we need to do relief afterward. This hurricane is still raging. We still have people dying on a daily basis, and we have got to address this. We have got to help our country heal and…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 16, 2021

A national emergency, a big problem, requires a big solution. You can talk about the dollar amount, but let`s talk about the harm that that is designed to address.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 15, 2021

There was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations. We were leaving it to the states and local leaders to try and figure it out.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 4, 2021

The vice president votes in the affirmative. And the concurrent resolution as amended is adopted.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Feb 3, 2021

The greatest security threat was not foreign interference but actually these domestic attacks in the form of lies and misinformation that was spread in an intentional, calculated way to intentionally mislead people and sow doubt in our…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 28, 2021

When we are facing a crisis of unbelievable proportion, the American people deserve their leaders to step up and stand up for them.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 26, 2021

I want to urge everyone to take the vaccine when it is your turn. It is really pretty painless and it will save your life.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 19, 2021

While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 18, 2021

We gather tonight, a nation in mourning, to pay tribute to the lives we have lost.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 4, 2021

Have you all heard about that recorded conversation? Well, it was yes, certainly the voice of desperation. Most certainly that. And it was a bald, bald-faced, bold abuse of power by the president of the United States.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Jan 3, 2021

I'm very confident in the results we have here in Georgia, and that's -- the cold, hard truth is, President Trump did not carry the state of Georgia. We run honest and fair elections here.

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