Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is a prominent Republican politician from Georgia, best known for serving as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He played a significant role in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, leading the party to a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. Gingrich is recognized for his advocacy of conservative policies, including tax reform and welfare reform, and he was a key architect of the 'Contract with America,' which outlined a legislative agenda for the GOP in the 1994 midterm elections.
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by number of sources- let me say first of all that I want to thank the Speaker for the way in which he briefed the House and briefed the country today. I think it is an important part of this institution to remind people how human it is. I think every heart here goes out to Chairman Natcher, and I appreciate very much the Speaker's bringing it to our attention. I just want to say on behalf of Mr. Michel and the Republican leadership that we join with what the Speaker said and that we want Mr. Natcher to know that across this House and, I think, frankly, this land, as people in recent weeks have watched the courage and the commitment of Mr. Natcher, that the people are praying for him and care about him and that all of us look forward very fondly to the day when he can come back and join us. And I thank the Speaker for bringing that to our attention.2 sources1994govinfo.gov
- I am delighted to have a chance to speak on behalf of the Kyl substitute, because I think that the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. Kyl] is making a point here that is central to what kind of America we want to be. It is an objective fact that the size of the government ultimately has to shape the size of the Tax Code. If we have a very large government, then we are going to take more money away from people. If government is too large, the space that is available for freedom shrinks. If a person goes to work and in the course of a year they earn, say, $25,000, but their governments, local, State, and Federal, take $10,000 of those dollars away from them, their choices, their control over their life, their ability to do things is diminished dramatically. One of the great reasons that we have a crisis in families is that as government has risen in size, as it has grown in expenditures, taxes on working Americans have gone up dramatically. When people worked under President Truman, as average Americans, they paid virtually no income tax. I think the average was 2 percent for an average family with three children. Virtually no income tax. The Social Security tax in that period was $52 a year for the entire year. Today we end up in a situation where we pay a lot of taxes. We pay a lot of Social Security taxes. And, by the way, when their employer matches the amount that they pay, that is money that they had to earn or they would not have hired them in the first place.2 sources1994govinfo.gov
Mar 15, 2025
Well, I think you always have to look at the danger of conflicts of interest with anybody. But at the same time, I would say that one of the virtues of being as wealthy as he is, is he hardly needs to rig the game.
May 15, 2023
We should not interfere directly with home rule. Those of us who visit and who come here only for the purpose of representing our communities do not have the knowledge and do not have the right to micromanage the daily lives of the people…
Mar 27, 2023
One of the most successful programs in the last 50 years in terms of social policy changes was that bipartisan welfare reform.
Dec 1, 2022
Quit Underestimating President Biden. Like virtually all conservatives and Republicans, I deeply oppose his policies... However, Conservatives' hostility to the Biden administration on our terms tends to blind us to just how effective…
Aug 31, 2022
The committee saying it is information that Newt Gingrich was in contact with senior advisors to President Trump over false election claims amplified during the election.
Aug 12, 2022
Former Republican speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, compared the FBI to the east German secret police, calling them the American Stasi.
Aug 9, 2022
They didn`t allow anybody on the Trump side into Mar-a-Lago. So we have no idea whether or not they planted evidence.
Jul 19, 2022
I have always said that 'build back poorer' would be a much more accurate title for that bill.
Jul 19, 2022
What works is balancing the budget, what works is having a maximum number of able-bodied Americans going to work.
Jul 19, 2022
I think we are totally unprepared in Washington for thinking through the implications of the largest debt holder in the world suddenly deliberately raising interest rates.
Jul 19, 2022
If you really want to deal with children in poverty, get the economy growing, stop the inflation, cut taxes.
Jul 19, 2022
What it does to families, what it does to children. It is one of the most deadly things that can happen.
Jul 19, 2022
The greatest problem Washington has today is its inability to learn what works and what fails in the real world.
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