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Rick Allen

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Rick Allen is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as economic development, job creation, and veterans' affairs during his time in office. Allen has been active in promoting policies aimed at supporting small businesses and enhancing the local economy in Georgia.

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Apr 14, 2021

Sadly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns, this past year has been a very trying one for families across the country.

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Apr 14, 2021

The well-being of America's workers has always been a priority for Committee Republicans.

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Apr 14, 2021

Thank you all for joining us here today for an important discussion about the quality and accessibility of mental and behavioral health services for American workers.

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Apr 14, 2021

The well-being of America's workers have always been a priority for committee republicans.

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Apr 12, 2021

They want to see justice happen quickly.

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Apr 12, 2021

There wasn’t due process for Daunte, so there shouldn’t be this slow process for this officer as well.

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Apr 12, 2021

They want to see her prosecuted.

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Apr 12, 2021

The police chief said that she thought she was reaching for her Taser and intended to fire the Taser at Daunte Wright but instead fired her gun.

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Apr 12, 2021

The chief identified the officer who fired the shot as a woman who was a senior officer in the department, the state`s bureau of criminal apprehension has identified that officer as Kim Potter. She`s a 26-year veteran of the police…

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Mar 24, 2021

This country will always be a grassroots country. Special interest tries to rule, but I'm telling you the people in the grassroots efforts are what gets things done.

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Mar 10, 2021

There is no reason in the world why we--anyone in this country should go hungry.

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Mar 10, 2021

We need to go directly there and work backwards and see how is the most efficient way to make sure they don't go to bed hungry.

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Dec 2, 2020

Due to COVID-19, I was unable to vote the week of 12/2/2020. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 228.

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Sep 23, 2020

If my colleagues want to have a real policy discussion about clean energy and focus on solutions, they should oppose this partisan power grab and support nuclear energy. Georgia has some of the most competitive electricity rates in the…

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Sep 15, 2020

Unfortunately, committee Democrats rejected my amendment and chose to push forward a partisan bill that would only result in another broken promise from the Federal Government. Instead of working in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion to…

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Jul 29, 2020

I am disappointed that, rather than finding common ground, my colleagues across the aisle are moving forward with a bill that will only hurt families who want to return to work and need access to childcare. I urge my colleagues to oppose…

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Jul 22, 2020

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank everyone for taking time today to provide testimony about this important topic of safety, safely reopening our schools this fall.

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Jul 22, 2020

What I hear from educators across the country is they don't have any flexibility when they get the funding.

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Jul 22, 2020

I believe that every family has a right to educational options.

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Jul 22, 2020

I hope during today's hearing, we can put political finger pointing aside, and put our children's interests first while we discuss, not if, but how we can safely reopen schools this fall.

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Jul 22, 2020

As Leader McCarthy argued, we cannot afford to let a generation miss out on being taught.

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Jul 22, 2020

I hope during today's hearing we can put political finger-pointing aside and put our children's interests first while we discuss, not if, but how we can safely reopen schools this fall.

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Jun 14, 2020

I think there is a lot of value in making sure that we lead by example and we make sure that we are back doing the people's work.

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Jun 14, 2020

But I do believe that we will be able to work through it together and get through it together.

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Jun 14, 2020

We must open this economy and it is critical that we get schools open for the new school year

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