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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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Jun 19, 2019

We're here in part two of 'Lessons from the Mueller Report,' and so I'm wondering how we're going to learn those lessons.

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Jun 10, 2019

I believe that we are presented with an historic opportunity here where right wing populists and left wing populists have joined together under Chairman Cicilline's leadership to attempt to change the way consumers interface with major…

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Jun 9, 2019

We would love to know why the FBI turned from an organization that was supposed to be investigating crimes into one that sought to shape public opinion.

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Jun 9, 2019

We also would love to know why the FBI turned from an organization that was supposed to be investigating crimes into one that sought to shape public opinion.

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Jun 9, 2019

We allowed a false accusation to tear this country apart.

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Jun 9, 2019

We have a false accusation against the President of the United States that he was an agent of Russia.

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Jun 9, 2019

We're here reopening the impeachment inquiry potentially into Richard Nixon

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May 20, 2019

I think that there are a lot of these clinical trials that are seeking veterans.

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Apr 1, 2019

I strongly support the rights of transgender individuals. I will not denigrate or deny their existence or their struggles, but I am concerned about the potential bad actors who exploit the provisions of this law for their own gain.

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Apr 1, 2019

I believe that individuals in our country should not face discrimination for their sex or their gender or their sexual orientation or for their gender identity.

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Apr 1, 2019

The moratorium that protects the Air Force is essential for developing and sustaining the Air Force's future combat capabilities.

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Apr 1, 2019

This is an issue where there is unequivocal--an unequivocal position of the Air Force that they need this.

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Apr 1, 2019

If we had a Gulf test range that got smaller rather than larger, what impact would that have on the types of things that we need to test and evaluate given the current National Defense Strategy?

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Apr 1, 2019

I would expect that testing experiment missiles over oil rigs is probably a bad idea.

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Mar 26, 2019

And I believe it was Chairman Smith who said during his opening statement that on the Korean Peninsula, we are at a high-water mark since the cessation of conflict during the Korean war.

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Mar 13, 2019

It doesn't strike me as an enviable outcome. I do thank the gentleman again for yielding for this discussion. It is my sincere hope that this is a discussion that we can have with Members of Congress from urban districts, rural districts…

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Mar 13, 2019

I appreciate the gentleman mentioning our oceans. As someone from a coastal State that means a great deal to me.

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Mar 13, 2019

So what is the get-out-of-jail-free card so that we can liberate ourselves from a policymaking climate that seems to be more robust in virtue signaling than in actually following data?

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Mar 13, 2019

I would ask the gentleman, as we try to take these good ideas that seem to not be emerging from the Federal Government but from several States and from local communities that are doing some of their own great work, I feel at times like you…

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Feb 25, 2019

Absolutely not. It's witness testing. When people come before the Congress with an intent to perpetuate their continuous lies, we have an opportunity and I would say an obligation to test who those people lie to.

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Feb 25, 2019

Hey, Michael Cohen, do your wife and father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she'll remain faithful when you're in prison. She's about to learn a lot.

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Feb 25, 2019

This is the reason I brought a minor child with me. She was my passport.

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Feb 25, 2019

I appreciate and I take with all sincerity the concern my colleagues have about children being separated from their families once they reach the United States.

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Feb 25, 2019

It's not a function of a greater desire to have the children in the country for the sake of having the children in the country.

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Feb 5, 2019

If we really cared about safer streets, we would build a wall and secure the border, and we would do it post haste.

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