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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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Dec 13, 2022

let me begin with a simple question: When are we going to say enough? The American people are saying it. Heck, even traditionally liberal, mainstream news outlets are getting there. But here in Congress, it is nothing but business as…

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Dec 13, 2022

I would like to thank my colleague from South Carolina for all of his work to promote school choice. I have been proud to partner with him each year to cosponsor the National School Choice Week resolution and promote the maximum amount of…

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Dec 6, 2022

Senator McConnell and I clearly have a strategic disagreement here. We have great candidates.

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Nov 20, 2022

It just doesn't make any sense. All this is causing more and more inflation.

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Nov 20, 2022

It is like every week there is another new massive spending program, and you know, there is--is not money we saved.

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Nov 20, 2022

Unfortunately, right now, the President hasn't--there is no solutions coming out of the White House.

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Nov 14, 2022

Rick Scott announced that he does plan to try to challenge and defeat Mitch McConnell at tomorrow's leadership election.

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Nov 5, 2022

I’m so disappointed the Democrats don't want to have voter ID, you have it for everything else. We shouldn't have ballot harvesting, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure this election is free and fair.

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Nov 5, 2022

We're going to get 52-plus. We're going to win Pennsylvania.

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Nov 5, 2022

This election is about the Biden agenda. People don't like high inflation, high crime, open borders, fentanyl.

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Nov 5, 2022

I think we have to continue to do everything we can to support Ukraine, who wants to defend their freedom and stop Russia from continuing to expand.

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Nov 5, 2022

Absolutely. But what we're also going to do is do everything we can to make sure to everybody they're free and fair, and if there's any shenanigans, we are ready to make sure – we make sure we support our candidates to make sure that these…

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Oct 9, 2022

the Democrats want to destroy this country and they will try to destroy anyone who gets in their way. Today, it's Herschel Walker but tomorrow, it's the American people.

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Oct 8, 2022

Herschel's going to win. So they're going to throw everything under the sun at him. Herschel is a great candidate. He's focused on the right issues.

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Oct 3, 2022

They always reviewed the storm procedures when he was governor here. So, he expects that they will do the same.

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Oct 3, 2022

This is just like the smears they attempted against Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas and it will not work.

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Oct 3, 2022

I think we all have to figure out how do we start bringing people together.

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Oct 2, 2022

I can never talk about and respond to why anybody else says what they said.

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Oct 1, 2022

I think the state has to look at all these things. I think that the – you know, you’ve – I mean, look, Chuck, I should know, I grew up in a poor family. So I always think about the cost of things because, you know, you impact the poorest…

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Oct 1, 2022

The federal government is a partner in this. And I learned that as governor. The federal government is a major partner in helping families, helping businesses, helping governments get back to, get back to normal.

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Oct 1, 2022

We have to go back and say every time, 'Okay, so how do we make sure that we don’t – the biggest thing is we don't lose a life? That's number one.'

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Oct 1, 2022

I think we're at 52 seats, plus. If you look at Biden’s numbers are really bad. People have rejected the Biden agenda. We have great candidates. The Democrats have to defend what Biden's done. So I think it's going to be a good November…

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Sep 14, 2022

I think who paid for Jeff Bezos's yacht is all the people who bought packages from Amazon. And by the way, if you do get one that says ``Made in China,'' I hope everybody will send it back. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

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Sep 14, 2022

well, first off, let me make sure my colleague from Vermont knows my background. I actually grew up in public housing, born to a single mom. I do care about people, making sure you can get an education. That is why I did exactly what I did…

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