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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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Feb 29, 2024

Watching House Republicans is like watching a football team whose best plays are the punt and the block. Now, I have tried to throw a few Hail Marys along the way, and I am glad that we blocked the bad Lankford amnesty bill, but we punted…

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Feb 5, 2024

It is just they don't think like how the expert class and the National Science Foundation wants them to think, and so they are trying to program what they see so they can control what they believe.

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Feb 1, 2024

The bill you have sported creates this concept of ownership over your name, your image, your likeness, and your voice.

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Jan 31, 2024

To the extent that this is a tax bill, there are good provisions in it on business expensing for economic growth. Nonetheless, Mr. Speaker, this is not a tax bill. This is a welfare bill masquerading as a tax bill. The Wall Street Journal…

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Jan 31, 2024

If my characterization of the child tax credit is intellectually dishonest, then I would love to hear the warrant behind that claim because none of my colleagues can state how a huge sum of this money is not going to end up in the hands of…

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Jan 31, 2024

The Ethics Committee is engaging in payback against me for ousting the person who singularly appointed every Republican.

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Jan 23, 2024

those allegations were not true, have never been true. And the people who spread those lies have been exposed, indicted and imprisoned

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Dec 14, 2023

I regret that I rise in opposition to this NDAA because there is a great deal of good in it, but only in Washington must we bring a bill to the floor so that we are able to militarily confront China while at the same time embracing the…

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Dec 14, 2023

In the last round of debate, House Republicans were criticized for providing a pay-for for our plan to support Israel out of the IRS. The theory is that it is just totally unrelated, but a pay-for for the things we are doing, that is…

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Dec 12, 2023

I want to start by commending you on the waivers that have allowed 2,900 Americans to express their patriotic service in the military.

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Dec 12, 2023

I get the sense that these aren't--that it is not being implemented exactly the same way in every service branch.

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