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Mariannette Miller-Meeks

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Mariannette Miller-Meeks is an American politician and physician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district, a position she has held since January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and government funding during her time in office. Miller-Meeks has a background in medicine, which informs her approach to health policy and related legislative efforts. She has been an advocate for using tariffs as a negotiating tool and has expressed strong views on immigration and Medicaid eligibility.

Quotes by year · 2021–2026323 total · peak 2023 (119)
2021: 63 quotes2022: 45 quotes2023: 119 quotes2024: 54 quotes2025: 14 quotes2026: 28 quotes
Mar 8, 2022

We certainly all remain unified in condemning the bomb threats, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mar 2, 2022

With all due deference to my colleague, Ranking Member Bost has made it abundantly clear that this is a first step--not a last step--but an initial first step in getting veterans the healthcare that they need and deserve. Mr. Speaker, I…

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Mar 2, 2022

Republicans agree with Democrats about how important it is to help veterans suffering from toxic exposure. However, there is nothing bipartisan about how the majority has gone about this. The majority has consistently refused to…

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Mar 2, 2022

The question from Republicans is why not pass a bill that has already passed the Senate that would give access to lifesaving healthcare to our veterans now? Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mar 2, 2022

The concerns the minority had with this bill were laid out during the markup of the PACT Act, as well as the roundtable last month. We did not see the revised text until it was published by the Rules Committee. At the ranking member's…

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Feb 14, 2022

Are there messages that can be relayed prior to going through security so that people get out of the line and remove their firearms if they in fact have firearms?

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Feb 7, 2022

Are you all concerned that having had this live-streamed inadvertently would yield to copycat attacks?

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Feb 7, 2022

I went to school there and know the area very well.

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Jan 19, 2022

I found it unusual to have put FEMA in charge of vaccine and vaccine clinics.

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Jan 19, 2022

As we all know, the Trump administration under Operation Warp Speed developed three safe and effective vaccines.

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Dec 1, 2021

I think it is important to point out that State workers' compensation systems are already effectively monitored through State oversight.

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Nov 30, 2021

It is not accountable to anyone and is not interested in getting its financial house in order.

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Nov 30, 2021

These findings, and the findings in the OIG report are just profoundly disappointing.

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Nov 30, 2021

People have a choice about whether to engage with AmeriCorps, and if AmeriCorps can't safeguard their information, they may just kind of vote with their feet and go elsewhere.

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Nov 15, 2021

It does seem to be a double standard, I would agree with you on that, and we will keep continuing to push those issues.

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Nov 15, 2021

I think shaming, blaming, ridiculing people, whether it is on social media or in person, is not the way to get people to be vaccinated.

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Nov 15, 2021

I have encouraged people to be vaccinated. I have helped assist them. I have answered questions.

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Nov 2, 2021

I think this is an extraordinarily important topic and I appreciate Chairman Thompson bringing this forward today.

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Oct 26, 2021

FEMA needs to do a way better job of encountering, you know, future conditions into these flood maps.

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Oct 26, 2021

The NFIP has been largely criticized because of communities of color and lower-income areas are disproportionately less likely to be covered.

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Oct 26, 2021

I support vaccines and have personally administered them in all 24 counties in my district.

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Sep 21, 2021

I expect that we will see changes in protocol and policy and I will reintroduce what legislation I can to force those changes.

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Sep 21, 2021

I have been asking these questions since March and we have seen no policy or protocol changes.

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Sep 21, 2021

I believe that testing of people coming across our Southern Border is one of the many keys to controlling the spread of COVID-19.

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Jul 26, 2021

In March, I introduced H.R. 1897, the REACT Act, which would require the Department of Homeland Security to test all migrants coming across our borders who are released into the U.S.

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