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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 16, 2015

The problem, though, is, is if they're going and they're being convicted and then ICE knows that they're not here legally, and we know they're convicts, and yet they still get released into society.

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Jun 16, 2015

To me, that's a major failure. Because if I were somebody whose family member was victimized by a crime, I would want to know: Well, wait a minute. You guys should have known.

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Jun 15, 2015

I think, going to have a chilling effect on people wanting to get involved if we don't get a handle on this.

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Jun 15, 2015

the fact that this system was hacked and we didn't even know about it for a long time, that is really, really troubling.

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May 12, 2015

their best bet to do the most damage would be to try to launch it over the country and explode it and create an EMP.

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May 12, 2015

So given that the consequences are potentially very dire, but also given that, I think, as all the witnesses have said, there are certainly things we could do very easily, why haven't we done enough, in your opinion?

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Apr 29, 2015

I think this is something that is a concern to, I know, the chairman and, certainly, to me.

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Apr 28, 2015

People who are injured deserve to have their own class actions.

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Apr 28, 2015

I introduced the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act.

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Mar 24, 2015

And that obviously will be passed on to consumers, and it is going to make what they buy more expensive. There is just no way around that, right?

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Mar 24, 2015

Absolutely, and when you don't have ex ante rules, I think it really stunts the ability of people to dedicate capital.

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Mar 23, 2015

Look, we are going to be the bad guy no matter what with Maduro.

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Mar 23, 2015

The Cuban dissidents and people promoting democracy in Cuba, they believe that it has increased.

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Mar 23, 2015

I think the fear from the dissidents is that because of this new posture between the United States and the Castro Government, that it provides additional legitimacy that the government actually undercuts their ability to fight for a…

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Mar 23, 2015

I think a lot of Americans are wondering what is going on with these negotiations. Iran does cheat. Can we trust them?

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Mar 23, 2015

I think we made a big mistake in 2009 when we had a chance to support people in Iran.

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Mar 23, 2015

I think current statutory law prevents any type of financing arrangements involving property that had been seized.

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Mar 23, 2015

The website, Secret Service lays out the vision and that's 'to uphold the tradition of excellence in its investigative and protective mission through a dedicated, highly trained, diverse partner-oriented work force that employs progressive…

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Mar 18, 2015

I think that what I have learned by just looking at this, and this is before you became director, when there is discretion, sometimes this is a big bureaucracy, there are so many people that are involved in this and it has been Stated on…

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Mar 18, 2015

But I just worry that if you are saying that we have zero tolerance for gang members, I think the policy should be zero tolerance.

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Mar 18, 2015

I think we have a clip very recently where he was----

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Mar 18, 2015

the President's guidance needs to match his rhetoric.

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Mar 16, 2015

Well, what I would say is money that is going to rebuild the Gaza Strip there is a great danger that that money is going to be used by Hamas and I think that would be a huge mistake if we go down this road where they are building more…

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Mar 16, 2015

I also am concerned about just having traveled over there that you still have the Palestinian Authority educating its youth to hate Israel, to hate Jews and to seek Israel's elimination.

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Mar 16, 2015

Enacting major policy changes by executive fiat deprives the American people of their right to influence important policy debates.

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