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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 2, 2023

More Americans are dying on the southern border than are dying in Ukraine. Each and every day, a plane of Americans crash from fentanyl, and I don't understand how the White House continues to ignore it.

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Oct 1, 2023

It's easy to surrender. If you want to surrender, yes. But if you want to fight for the American public, to secure our borders and keep government open, how is that a problem? It's only for CNN that that becomes a problem, that I don't…

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Oct 1, 2023

The Senate hasn't passed one appropriation bill. Each body is supposed to pass 12. We've passed more than 70 percent of the discretionary spending already.

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Oct 1, 2023

The Senate hasn't done one thing.

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Oct 1, 2023

No, I wasn't. We were going to make sure we keep it open while we finish the job we're supposed to do.

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Oct 1, 2023

No, because the House is doing their work. We've already done more than 70 percent of it.

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Oct 1, 2023

Bring it on. Let's get over with it and let's start governing.

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Oct 1, 2023

The American border matters. And more Americans are dying on our border than Americans are dying in Ukraine.

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Oct 1, 2023

If he's upset because he tried to push us in a shutdown, and I made sure government didn't shut down, then let's have that fight.

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Oct 1, 2023

Look, the priority for me is America and our borders.

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Oct 1, 2023

I'm going to make sure that the weapons are provided for Ukraine, but they're not going to get some big package if the border is not secure.

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Oct 1, 2023

Look, at the end of the day, think of everything we've been able to accomplish so far, parents Bill of Rights.

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Oct 1, 2023

More Americans are dying on our border than Americans are dying in Ukraine.

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Oct 1, 2023

I think President Trump's going to be our nominee and President Trump's going to win, because President Trump's policies made America stronger.

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Oct 1, 2023

So be it. Bring it on. Let's get over with it and let's start governing.

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Oct 1, 2023

I'm telling you that the American border matters. And that is our priority to make sure we secure that.

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Oct 1, 2023

The House is its own body. The Senate is its own body. We're not going to surrender to the Senate.

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Oct 1, 2023

I support being able to make sure Ukraine has the weapons that they need.

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Sep 28, 2023

It's easy to surrender. If you want to surrender, yes. But if you want to fight for the American public to secure our borders and keep government open, how is that a problem?

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Sep 27, 2023

Speaker McCarthy appropriately initiated an impeachment inquiry to give us additional tools to get the answer to that question.

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Sep 27, 2023

By opening an impeachment inquiry, our investigation is now focused on whether President Biden engaged in impeachable offenses under the U.S. Constitution.

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Sep 27, 2023

What did Joe Biden know and when?

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Sep 27, 2023

Nobody else has made money from China.

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Sep 27, 2023

The American people demand accountability for this culture of corruption.

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