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Ted Yoho

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Ted Yoho is a former U.S. Representative from Florida, serving in the House from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Yoho represented Florida's 3rd congressional district. During his time in office, he was known for his focus on issues such as healthcare, agriculture, and fiscal responsibility. Yoho was also a member of the House Freedom Caucus, which advocates for limited government and conservative principles.

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Jun 12, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Chair, we stand at a moment in history. Seventy years after the end of World War II and 30 years after the end of the Cold War, the world is still battling authoritarianism. However, due to…

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Jun 12, 2019

If we go back to Afghanistan, if a deal is struck with the Taliban, what concerns do you have with regard to the progress we have made on the rights of Afghan women?

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Jun 12, 2019

If I look at the history that has been learned or the lessons that have been learned from Afghanistan, we moved into a country that we did not understand.

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Jun 12, 2019

We cannot expect them to get to where we are at after our 200-year struggle and we still do not have it right.

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Jun 12, 2019

In 2017, the Trump administration announced their Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy which restructured the typical Asia Pacific approach and emphasized the importance of this region to the U.S. and our national security.

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Jun 12, 2019

We moved into a country that we did not understand. We did not understand the tribal nature of a country and we tried to instill a democracy.

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Jun 11, 2019

We have certainly learned that when an administration moves past or bypasses Congress, like the Obama Administration did with the JCPOA and passed over a billion dollars to Iran, the consequences of that take a long time to go back and…

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Jun 11, 2019

I think the best thing that the Administration can do is work to get all of us onboard of why because I question some of it, too, and I want to support the Administration.

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Jun 11, 2019

It is imperative that we get a cure for this, and one of the things will probably be a GMO or CRISPR gene technology.

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Jun 11, 2019

As we move forward in the science of all this, do you believe that the use of biotechnology in agriculture, it is a pretty rhetorical question, will increase or decrease over the next 10 years? It will increase, right?

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Jun 11, 2019

If you kill one radical terrorist, 20 get born out of that.

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