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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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Apr 25, 2017

I think the Chinese claim that they are playing the game the way it should be played.

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Apr 25, 2017

We should make elimination of China's excess production capacity a priority in bilateral negotiations.

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Feb 28, 2017

The Majority's vision for health care in America is to push more costs onto working families, seniors, and average Americans.

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Feb 28, 2017

I do not think such a plan exists because if it did exist, we would have seen it by now.

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Feb 28, 2017

This hearing is a distraction from a larger debate about the future of America's health care.

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Feb 6, 2017

I think there is room for more bipartisan collaboration in higher education, and in the past we have come together to produce bipartisan higher education bills addressing specific policy issues.

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Feb 6, 2017

Quality higher education must be accessible and affordable to empower America's working families to succeed in our economy.

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Jan 31, 2017

So it is my hope that we can focus our efforts on the financial security of American families by working to improve health care instead of turning the clock backwards and ruining health care possibly for everybody.

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Jan 31, 2017

If the goal is to replace, then repeal, we can work together. But you cannot count on our support if the first step is to create total chaos by repealing without any replacement in sight.

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Oct 5, 2016

I spent the past the four days traveling Florida's east coast, urging people to prepare and get ready for Hurricane Matthew. It's here. It's absolutely here. It's not very far off the coast of Palm Beach. We're already starting to see the…

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Oct 4, 2016

Protecting life is the number one priority right now. If Matthew directly impacts Florida, there will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years. Again, this is a deadly storm approaching our state.

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Jul 19, 2016

And we need a president who is not afraid to say radical Islamic terrorism. And we need a president to wipe ISIS off the face of the earth.

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Jul 19, 2016

This is the time America has been waiting for. This year, we get to fire the politicians! And who better to let the politicians know you're fired than Donald Trump?

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Jul 19, 2016

America is worth fighting for. Let's make America great again. Let's elect Donald Trump the next president of the United States of America!

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Jul 19, 2016

We need a president who is politically incorrect and will tell it like it is. We need a president who isn't afraid of Washington. We need a president who doesn't believe government is the answer to every problem.

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Jul 19, 2016

This election is about the very survival of the American dream. It's time for all Americans to put down the partisan banners, vote for the survival of the greatest country in the world and do the right thing for this country, vote for…

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Jul 19, 2016

Let me tell you why this is the time for Donald to be president. A lot of politicians like to give speeches where they say, we are at a crossroads. That's not really where we are today. Today, America is in a terrible world record-high…

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Jun 16, 2016

The Second Amendment has been around for over 200 years it didn't, you know, that's not what killed innocent people. Let's have a conversation about how we destroy ISIS.

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Jun 13, 2016

You know, my goal is to make the state as inclusive as I can. And I work with people all across our state to do that every day.

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Jun 8, 2016

Polls show that 79 percent of Americans agree that it is time for our Nation's overtime rules to be updated.

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Jun 8, 2016

When you work extra, you should be paid extra.

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Jun 8, 2016

the rule restores the 40 hour work week, raising the salary threshold to $913 a week

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