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Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2019. DeSantis previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. His tenure as governor has been marked by a focus on conservative policies, including education reform, environmental issues, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis has gained national attention for his stances on various issues, including his support for the Trump Presidential Library in Miami and his administration's initiatives on wildlife management.

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Jun 28, 2020

Is focused on state business and has not given thought to that.

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Apr 9, 2020

If we get to the point where people think that we are on the other side of this, and we can get kids back in, even if it's for a couple weeks, we think there would be value in that.

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Mar 31, 2020

You can't just dump foreigners or foreign nationals here in South Florida.

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Mar 6, 2019

Imagine if a woman has a difficult labor but had to travel hours to a healthcare facility.

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Mar 6, 2019

These communities often already have few options for quality care so when hospital consolidation is increased over the past 10 years rural communities like my own have been hurt the most.

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Mar 6, 2019

I recently introduced legislation called the Fair Pricing Act with Representative Gonzalez a Democrat from Texas.

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Aug 28, 2018

Let's build off the success we've had on Governor Scott. The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state.

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Jul 25, 2018

Fraud is just a cottage industry, particularly in my State of Florida.

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Jul 16, 2018

He pulled the U.S. out of the anti-Israel U.N. Human Rights Council.

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Jul 16, 2018

The Trump administration has proven to be a staunchly pro-Israel administration.

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Jul 16, 2018

The President now has the opportunity to take another major step to advance American interests.

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Jul 16, 2018

He signed the Taylor Force Act into law, holding the Palestinian Authority accountable for its cash payments to terrorists.

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Jul 16, 2018

I think most of us look at that now. Do we not have a lot of momentum right now to continue leading...

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Jul 16, 2018

President Trump took the long overdue steps of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

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Jul 10, 2018

Number three, confront Turkey and Qatar. Their support to the Brotherhood is undermining our efforts in that crucial battle of ideas.

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Jul 10, 2018

I offer four recommendations today: One, do not waste valuable Federal resources trying to designate the entire Brotherhood.

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Jul 10, 2018

Sisi gave a speech probably a couple of years ago now where he challenged a lot of the Islamist clerics and said: Look, we cannot--and he's a devote Muslim, but he was making the point that you can't have a faith that is at war with…

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Jul 10, 2018

This notion of a moderate Islamist, I mean, Islamism is inherently not moderate, because, I mean, if you want Islamism to be the governing faith, that is a totalitarian system, not democratic.

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Jun 19, 2018

You just cannot give up, and if there are ways where we in the Congress can be helpful to try to push forward with good policy

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Jun 19, 2018

So we need to bring an indictment against Raul Castro, and I hope they do that very quickly.

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Jun 19, 2018

We should enforce title IV and title III of the Libertad Act and send a warning to even American businesses that those that are trafficking in confiscated property face accountability if the President decides at any time, which he could…

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Jun 19, 2018

We should restore restrictions on tourism travel to Cuba and focus instead on genuine, meaningful people-to-people contact that will advance real contact between the people of the United States and Cuba.

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Jun 19, 2018

But it was very weak--the response.

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Jun 19, 2018

We felt that the Clinton administration had a very weak response because we thought they are killing Americans on international waters.

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