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John Mica

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John Mica is a former U.S. Representative who served Florida's 7th congressional district from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Mica was known for his work on transportation and infrastructure issues, playing a significant role in shaping policies related to these areas during his tenure. He was also involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving the economy and supporting local businesses in Florida. Mica's long career in public service included a focus on constituent services and community engagement.

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Mar 22, 2016

We have allowed tens of thousands--I saw an estimate of about 50,000 criminal illegals in the United States.

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Mar 22, 2016

This amnesty through policy of the administration, this is the President's policy of amnesty?

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Mar 22, 2016

I guess you would probably conclude that our borders are porous, a sieve, and tens of thousands of illegals are coming across the border.

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Mar 22, 2016

I think there couldn't be a better time, with incidents that we have seen most recently and around the world relating to terrorism and our border vulnerability.

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Mar 21, 2016

We are killing tens of thousands, folks, and anything else, people would be outraged.

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Mar 21, 2016

I want to put you out of business, Ms. Wen, all the treatment programs.

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Mar 21, 2016

We need to stop this stuff at our border.

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Mar 21, 2016

Fifteen people in the United States have died from drug overdoses, three of them from heroin.

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Mar 21, 2016

There is money there. It hasn't even been distributed.

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Mar 21, 2016

Treatment is essential, but treatment is at the end of the line.

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Mar 21, 2016

It is being replaced by a cheaper and more available drug.

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Mar 21, 2016

These are cartels. They are organized.

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Mar 21, 2016

Heroin is a serial killer in our community, and so few people recognize it for that.

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Mar 21, 2016

New statistics show Federal drug prosecutions, unfortunately, are down 6 percent in the last year, 2015.

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Mar 21, 2016

The Obama Administration, unfortunately, I believe, has been sending mixed signals about the use of substances such as marijuana, which is one of the gateway drugs.

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Mar 21, 2016

Stopping deadly drugs from entering the United States is a Federal responsibility, and we will hear from some of those officials engaged in that war.

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Mar 21, 2016

We have to change our prescription drugs in the cabinet to naloxone so people are reviving their surviving kids and family.

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Mar 21, 2016

But they are telling me it is hard sometimes to make a case. These are murderers, and we can't stop them.

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Mar 21, 2016

We have got to stop this stuff at our borders.

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Mar 21, 2016

We will lose, guys, a half-a-million people in a decade at the rate we are going, or more.

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Mar 21, 2016

Our job is protecting the citizens of the United States, primarily national defense.

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Mar 21, 2016

By the time we get to treatment, it is way too late, and it is kind of sad.

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Mar 16, 2016

We were strong-armed. We were misled. We were kept on arm's length. We couldn't do our jobs effectively.

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Mar 16, 2016

The district head gets a vacation bonus. The kids get lead poison. And you are still in office.

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