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Steve King

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Steve King is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 2003 to 2021. Known for his conservative views, King was a prominent figure in the House, often advocating for strict immigration policies and fiscal conservatism. He served on several committees during his tenure, including the Judiciary Committee and the Agriculture Committee, where he focused on issues important to his rural constituents. King's tenure was marked by controversy over his remarks on race and immigration, which drew criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.

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Jan 29, 2020

I appreciate the gentleman's remarks with regard to this amendment. I would point out that we have 435 Members in this United States Congress, and it was envisioned by our Founding Fathers that we would get ideas from every one of those…

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Jan 29, 2020

I appreciate the gentleman's remarks again, and I would just point out that, of this list of disasters that we have and the delays we have in declaring these disasters, there is one here on April 29. A disaster declaration was declared for…

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Jan 29, 2020

May I inquire as to how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 3 minutes remaining.

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Jan 29, 2020

This amendment, in reading through the bill, brings something forward that we have experienced a number of times in the natural disasters that have poured forth and the flooding in my district over the 17 years-plus that I have represented…

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Jan 29, 2020

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 135, beginning on line 3, strike ``date on which the major disaster or…

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Jan 15, 2020

It is my privilege and honor to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. And given that we have had some serious discussion here this evening, I really appreciate my colleagues, Chris Smith and others, who have spent…

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Jan 15, 2020

It is my honor to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I come to the floor today to raise the issue and be thankful of the progress that we have made with regard to trade. We have…

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Jan 15, 2020

I just wanted to make a short comment here on another circumstance that has taken place in this Congress, and it works out like this, that a year ago last week, an unprecedented action took place in this Congress, and that was I did an…

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Jan 15, 2020

I will conclude my remarks, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

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Jan 14, 2020

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I rise in opposition to this rule and primarily in opposition to H.R. 1230, that is one of the subjects of this combined rule that we have. The legislation that is coming before, the…

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Jan 14, 2020

It is my honor to be recognized and address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I come before you this morning to remind this House and to speak about the procedure that is pending in the Senate and some…

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Jan 10, 2020

It is my honor to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I come to the floor today, Mr. Speaker, because this is the 1-year anniversary of the date that a disparaging misquote in The…

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Dec 19, 2019

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Brady), the ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, and perhaps one of the most successful in modern time. I am looking at this USMCA trade agreement. I said from the beginning that I would not…

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Dec 18, 2019

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I start out, first, that this is the largest, most massive coverup of such a list of crimes against our country, and to go so far as to bring impeachment hearings to try to cover all of this up. I would…

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Nov 21, 2019

It is my privilege to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives, and to be recognized for 30 minutes here as the week closes out and we head back to our districts for Thanksgiving. The scenario that has been playing…

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Nov 20, 2019

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding to me and for leading here on this National Bible Week. I would like to start out with just a touch of levity, because we are called to address the Speaker, and I know that the Speaker…

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Oct 30, 2019

When you lay them down side-by-side and you read them, they come out and say, ``Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton…

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Oct 30, 2019

I include in the Record the October 7, 1998, resolution for the impeachment of Bill Clinton. Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, acting as a whole or by any subcommittee thereof appointed by the chairman for the purposes hereof…

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Oct 30, 2019

It is an honor to be recognized as I address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives, and I appreciate all the eyes and ears that are paying attention here this evening as we take up this most serious business that this…

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Oct 30, 2019

It is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. I rise to honor, this week, to celebrate what actually took place on Monday, the 28th of October, Oxi Day, the 79th anniversary. I wanted…

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Oct 16, 2019

It is my privilege and an honor to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. I come here to the floor to address the circumstances that are historic in the way they are shaking the very foundation of…

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Sep 20, 2019

I appreciate the privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. And I come to this floor to talk a little bit today about what is happening to our Nation, our society, our…

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Sep 19, 2019

I appreciate the privilege of being recognized here to speak on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I come to the floor this morning, Mr. Speaker, to address a topic, and most of the words that I say will be from an…

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Sep 19, 2019

At the heart of these heartbeat bills is the idea that once a heartbeat can be detected, the baby is protected.

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Sep 19, 2019

I want to see a national legislation so that there is a standard policy for all America just like there is for marriage.

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