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Rick Scott

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Rick Lynn Scott is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from Florida, a position he has held since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Scott previously served as the 45th governor of Florida from January 4, 2011, to January 8, 2019. During his tenure as governor, he focused on job creation, economic growth, and education reform, implementing policies aimed at reducing taxes and regulations.

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Oct 25, 2023

It is really tough. I built a hospital company and your just heart goes out to people.

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Oct 25, 2023

I think a lot of times up here people do have the authority to do the right things.

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Oct 25, 2023

I want to thank the chair and ranking member for putting together this hearing.

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Oct 25, 2023

The FDA disagreed with our request to form a task force.

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Oct 25, 2023

One thing I did as Governor of Florida is I--when I was Governor, we got all of our, all the money--we dramatically increased our research dollars on cancer.

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Sep 27, 2023

But--but just put it in perspective, they are subsidized?

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Sep 27, 2023

You know, when the--it is interesting that Senator Wyden brought up the idea that there is rich that take advantage of the system.

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Sep 27, 2023

So what is the number? So that make--how many make less?

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Sep 27, 2023

But--but just put it in perspective, they are subsidized?

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Sep 27, 2023

How much should their taxes go up?

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Sep 27, 2023

If we're going to spend it on interest expense or we're going to have less money to--to put it into Medicare?

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Sep 27, 2023

You know, when the--it is interesting that Senator Wyden brought up the idea that there is rich that take advantage of the system.

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Sep 26, 2023

So how much should their taxes go up?

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Sep 26, 2023

Medicare paying for Medicare depending on what, you know, how much money we have in revenues?

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Sep 26, 2023

But--but just put it in perspective, they are subsidized?

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Sep 26, 2023

You know, when the--it is interesting that Senator Wyden brought up the idea that there is rich that take advantage of the system.

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Sep 21, 2023

Thank you. I just, I want--I know my time is up. I just want to thank the chair for hosting this, and I want to thank him for the quality of the individuals that he has brought here to give us information.

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Sep 21, 2023

Clearly, I think all of us would agree, that has got to get fixed. Our nation's veterans deserve the highest quality service we can provide.

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Sep 21, 2023

I thank the chairman for hosting this and for his commitment to trying to figure out how we continue to help people that need help in our country.

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Sep 21, 2023

Giving veterans and people with disabilities a voice to improve accessibility at the VA is at the core of this bill and central to ensuring that no one is left behind.

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Sep 20, 2023

Thank you. I just, I want--I know my time is up. I just want to thank the chair for hosting this.

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Sep 20, 2023

I am proud to join Chairman Casey on a commonsense bill, the Veterans Accessibility Act, to ensure that the VA and all of its services are accessible for individuals with disabilities.

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Sep 13, 2023

I think we have to do two things. We have to get Americans back to work, and two, we have to figure out how we incentivize, create a system where we get people that want to come here to work, and not be dependent.

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Sep 13, 2023

It's completely unfair to someone who comes through the legal process.

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Sep 13, 2023

Do the people that come here illegally get more than benefits?

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