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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.

Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, you know, my father was an over-the-road truckdriver. He drove for Admiral Freight Line. My uncle was an over-the-road truckdriver. He drove for a consolidated freight line. I watched the…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, first of all, facts are facts. Less than 50 percent of the bill had anything to do with roads and bridges, airports and seaports. We were told all along it was going to be paid for; it wasn't. The Congressional Budget Office…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, so I think my colleague doesn't understand that when you borrow money, you eventually have to pay it back. The government doesn't produce income. It takes money from people. That means that when that bill--the so-called…

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Dec 16, 2021

Reserving the right to object, the one thing that has not been addressed is, if this were so important, why didn't my colleagues go to the majority leader--same party--and ask him to file cloture on these nominees? I still also have never…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. First, I want to thank my colleague from Washington for holding the hearing with the airlines, and there are two things about that. I was surprised that I didn't get a very good answer from the…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, my experience is totally different than my colleague from Montana's experience. My experience is you build your economy by growing jobs. You build your economy by investing in education, where you get a return. So, in my 8…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, I still can't understand, if the Biden administration is doing so many things, why wouldn't they want to come brag about it? Why wouldn't they want to tell all Americans exactly what they are doing? The reason they don't…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, I would do what I did in Florida. I walked into a $4 billion budget deficit. I balanced the budget. I cuts taxes and fees 100 times. I paid off a third of the State debt. I never increased my State debt. I actually cut it by…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President reserving the right to object. I want to be clear. I like infrastructure. I spent $85 billion on infrastructure. With $10 billion a year, we had a dramatic increase in infrastructure. It is part of the reason we added 1.7…

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Dec 16, 2021

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. Let's remember why I am here. For weeks, I have been asking the chair of the Commerce Committee to invite the Secretaries of Transportation and Commerce to come tell us what they are doing to…

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Dec 16, 2021

Reserving the right to object, as my colleague is aware, I have an outstanding request with the Commerce Committee, which my colleague chairs, for us to hear testimony from Commerce Secretary Raimondo and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg…

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