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Matt Gaetz

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Matt Gaetz is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Gaetz has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and has aligned himself with the party's more conservative factions. He has focused on issues such as government spending, immigration, and veterans' affairs during his time in Congress. Gaetz has also been known for his controversial statements and positions on various topics, often drawing significant media attention.

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Apr 30, 2022

We don't want a circumstance where the establishment can claim that they defeated Trump. So President Trump's brand is on the line. The MAGA brand is on the line.

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Apr 27, 2022

You have the lowest deportation rate in the history of the department, right?

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Apr 27, 2022

I think we ought to use the best tools in the country to find these folks, round them up like they were at the Capitol on January 6th and deport every last one of them.

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Apr 27, 2022

One point two million people are undetained, free, roaming about the country. They've gone before a judge.

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Apr 27, 2022

if you accuse someone of potentially breaking the law, you have to say what law you think they broke and you have to present what evidence.

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Apr 27, 2022

So, the Americans who are the victims of the crimes for the people that you released in the country are collateral damage that you are willing to accept to have our border function as a turnstile.

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Apr 26, 2022

It's quite something to hear my colleagues reflect that we shouldn't be able to observe conditions regarding Justice Ginsburg because she's left the Court when they impeached a President who had already left the oval office.

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Apr 26, 2022

I think it is. I think it's a disgusting attack.

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Apr 26, 2022

When someone calls a Black person an Uncle Tom, is that a racist attack?

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Apr 22, 2022

Give us the ability to fire Nancy Pelosi, take back the majority, impeach Joe Biden, and I`m going to nominate Donald Trump for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

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Apr 6, 2022

Gas prices are rising; the border has become a turnstile; inflation is crushing our fellow Americans; and here we are, back on the floor of the House, reliving January 6. Some of the members of the January 6th Committee come from the…

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Apr 4, 2022

So, now that you know that they did this, would you agree that embracing socialism is not an effective strategy to combat China?

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Apr 4, 2022

So, why would we invite people we don't agree with to evangelize views and values that we don't share at the National Defense University?

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Apr 4, 2022

I certainly hope the majority staff doesn't delay the sharing of its contents with the American people.

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Mar 28, 2022

Should you? You are the Assistant Director of FBI Cyber.

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Mar 28, 2022

So, who is it? Do you even know who has it?

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Mar 28, 2022

That is shocking, that you wouldn't, as the Assistant Director of Cyber, know whether or not there are international business deals, kickbacks, shakedowns, that are on this laptop that would make the First Family suspect to some sort of…

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Mar 28, 2022

How are Americans supposed to trust that you can protect us from the next Colonial Pipeline if it seems that you can't locate a laptop that was given to you three years ago from the First Family, potentially, creating vulnerabilities for…

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Mar 28, 2022

Will you commit to give us a briefing, as the Assistant Director of FBI Cyber, as to where the laptop is?

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Mar 17, 2022

I thank my gracious colleague for yielding, though we do not hold the same position on this piece of legislation. Madam Speaker, when our fellow Americans get a cell phone contract, when they get cable, when they get internet, they are…

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Feb 7, 2022

While the Biden administration, the media, and many in Congress beat the drums of war for Ukraine, there is a far more significant threat to our Nation accelerating rapidly close to home. Argentina, a critical nation and economy in the…

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Feb 7, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. For the fourth consecutive year I rise as one of the few but faithful Republicans in strong support of this good legislation. Here is the question presented: Should sexual harassers who work for big…

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Jan 19, 2022

the best vaccine we have found is Mother Nature's vaccine. It's contracting the virus.

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