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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

we had considerable evidence with the Tsarnaev brothers of their affiliation with radical Islamic views, their advocacy of those views.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

I want to echo some of the concerns that Senator Sessions raised about the groups that we know were targeted by the IRS that are reporting that they have yet to be contacted or interviewed by the FBI.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

Well, I would certainly urge the FBI not to narrowly circumscribe the scope, because the last time there was an instance of an administration trying to use the IRS to target political enemies, it was the Nixon administration, and it led to…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

President Obama needs to tell the truth. When Richard Nixon tried to use the IRS to target his political enemies it was wrong, and when the Obama administration does it, it's still wrong.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

You have spent many decades in public service focused on law enforcement, and indeed, I recall when we were working together at the Department of Justice, almost every day in the morning at staff meeting, the question you would ask was…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

the FBI was aware of that, and yet we failed to stop that terrorist attack.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jun 18, 2013

As you know well, in any investigation that is in a highly politicized climate, that involves potentially corruption and political interference from the White House, the investigation is a perilous endeavor and an endeavor of significant…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 18, 2013

You have been a terrific Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 18, 2013

I do think that we overclassify. It is much easier to classify than it is to declassify.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 18, 2013

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for perhaps up to 20 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Global Climate Change

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Jun 18, 2013

Madam President, I am here again--I think it is the 36th time--to speak as I do every week on global climate change, to remind us that it is time for us to wake up and to take action to protect our communities. The risks that we ignore…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jun 18, 2013

Madam Speaker, at this time, I yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Republican Women's Policy Committee, the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers).

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jun 18, 2013

Madam Speaker, I would like to ask how much time is remaining on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Tennessee has 5 minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from California has 7 minutes remaining.

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jun 18, 2013

Madam Speaker, we have no additional speakers. If you want to complete, then I will close. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlelady from California has 4 minutes remaining, and the gentlelady from Tennessee has 5 minutes remaining.

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jun 18, 2013

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This has been an interesting debate, and I have to tell you, we have heard every descriptive adjective that there can possibly be coming from the negative of why our colleagues on…

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