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Kevin McCarthy

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Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician serving as the House Minority Leader since January 3, 2019. He has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since January 4, 2007, representing California's 20th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, McCarthy has played a significant role in shaping party strategy and policy in Congress, particularly during times of Democratic leadership. He has been involved in various legislative efforts and has been a vocal advocate for conservative principles.

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Oct 27, 2019

Today's backtracking is an admission that this process has been botched from the start.

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Oct 8, 2019

And the thing I believe, if you make a commitment and somebody is fighting with you, America should keep their word.

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Sep 9, 2019

Now the Bakersfield clinic is the only location that remains un-built, and that is unacceptable.

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Sep 9, 2019

Because he protests, he doubles his rent. Because he doubles his rent, the veterans are denied a new facility.

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Sep 9, 2019

The taxpayers are now getting ripped off. The veterans are now being denied, and the person causing it all is being rewarded.

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Sep 9, 2019

For too long thousands of veterans throughout Kern County have patiently awaited a new community-based outpatient clinic.

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Sep 9, 2019

I believe that this is a perfect illustration of precisely why Congress needs to assert its authority and make clear once and for all that smoking is unacceptable in the medical facilities where our veterans seek care every day.

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Jun 12, 2019

I've watched this president. I've listened to this president. He does not want foreign governments interfering in our election, and he has been very strong about that.

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Jun 3, 2019

Let me be clear. Republicans have never supported the DSH cuts and worked successfully to prevent them.

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Jun 3, 2019

I am pleased to see the bipartisan commitment to continuing to fund the Excellence in Mental Health Demonstration.

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Jun 3, 2019

The commission has long held that DSH payments should be better targeted to hospitals that serve a high share of Medicaid-enrolled and low-income uninsured patients.

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May 16, 2019

It's my honor to be able to present what I think is a great bill that can be bipartisan, and one that benefits all.

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May 16, 2019

If we're able to sign this legislation into law, then supercomputers would be used to analyze VA health data and look for patterns that will help improve the medical treatments for our heart disease, traumatic brain injury, and cancer.

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May 16, 2019

I'm grateful to the many Members of this Committee who co-sponsored this legislation, including the continued support from Ranking Member Lucas, and my friend across the aisle, Mr. Lipinski.

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May 8, 2019

Yes, we believe Hatch-Waxman got it right, that we should protect innovation during the period and when that expires, we should remove barriers to generic entry.

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Jan 15, 2019

Speaker Pelosi's Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, said she was playing politics, called it unbecoming of the speaker.

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Jun 18, 2018

Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she's untrustable.

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Feb 26, 2018

Climate change is happening. There's debate in terms of what's causing that but it's happening.

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Jan 8, 2018

It's kind of like three pillars. DACA, because we're all in the room want to do it, border security, so we're not back out here, and chain migration.

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Jan 8, 2018

Mr. President, you need to be clear, though. I think what Senator Feinstein is asking here, when we talk about DACA, you have to have security, as the secretary would tell you.

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Dec 19, 2017

During that campaign, you listened to voices no one else was listening to. We would not be standing here today if it wasn't for you.

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