Political Quotes

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.

Quotes by year · 2013–20201,670 total · peak 2017 (311)
2013: 108 quotes2014: 137 quotes2015: 298 quotes2016: 165 quotes2017: 311 quotes2018: 271 quotes2019: 282 quotes2020: 98 quotes
Feb 9, 2016

Why is this administration hellbent on relaxing these restrictions?

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Feb 9, 2016

I mean, we hear constituents saying, why is ISIS having oil production facilities? Why are they even allowed to produce anything?

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Feb 9, 2016

I don't know what poll you have, but I sure wish you guys would crank down on this administration and say that.

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Feb 9, 2016

The reasoning to continually not bomb these transport vehicles with oil... why are we not just bombing them?

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Feb 2, 2016

We more and more find Turkey looking toward the military.

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Feb 2, 2016

I will have to say that I just visited Mt. Vernon with my children.

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Feb 2, 2016

Human trafficking is a huge problem and a lot of the traffickers come through Turkey.

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Feb 2, 2016

We see also the incredible problems that are going on right now and that have been going on with Turkey.

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Feb 2, 2016

Eight years, that is enough to be President. And after that it begins to corrupt.

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Jan 11, 2016

We want to empower the people to let them know they are needed.

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Jan 11, 2016

These are the more motivated people that want to improve their lives.

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Jan 11, 2016

You have 30 percent of the people that come out of that, 30 percent become self-sufficient in an 18 month period of time.

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Jan 11, 2016

This notion of block granting this program is a really bad idea.

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Jan 11, 2016

And if anybody can give me a reason or rationale how making somebody hungry will help them get a job more quickly, I am all ears.

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Jan 11, 2016

We know what happened in 1996, when Bill Clinton reformed the welfare program.

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Jan 11, 2016

The people that were on SNAP that had work requirements instituted at the beginning of the year, less than eight percent have re-signed up for the SNAP programs.

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Jan 11, 2016

What I would like to hear from you is the best ways we need to reform not just the nutritional program

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Jan 11, 2016

I want to thank everybody for taking the time to come here today and provide your testimonies.

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Jan 11, 2016

We just want to make sure we do it the most efficient way to serve the families of our military.

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Jan 11, 2016

I agree with that, that we need to make sure people are getting the assistance they need, but I don't want to go down the road of increasing and growing a government program when there is a simpler solution.

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Jan 11, 2016

I come from the State of Florida, and as you probably are well aware, we are the third largest in the country.

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Jan 11, 2016

Is this a program that we need to expand on a Federal bureaucracy, and increase the bureaucracy, or is it simpler to go into the military and say you need to pay these people more?

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