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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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Apr 3, 2014

The gentleman used the term ``fraud.'' It is ironic that ObamaCare itself has been so misrepresented to the American people that, for the top three things that were stated by those who advocated for ObamaCare--if you like your policy, you…

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Apr 3, 2014

I thank the gentleman for yielding and, also, Mr. Young for his authorship of this bill. It changed dramatically what I had to say when I came down here when I heard that the Republican endeavor to reestablish the 40-hour workweek, which…

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Apr 3, 2014

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding and for pulling this Special Order together here and bringing out this case as something that all the American people aren't going to realize what is taking place here, if we don't have this…

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Apr 3, 2014

May I inquire as to how much time I might have? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa has 1 minute and 25 seconds remaining.

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Apr 3, 2014

Well, I think they will view us as a foolish country that doesn't understand our priorities and doesn't understand where the money is coming from or where it goes. I would say this call out: Mr. Netanyahu, why don't you just ask us to take…

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Apr 3, 2014

No, I won't yield. I heard what the gentleman had to say. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland will suspend. The gentleman from Iowa will suspend. Point of Order

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Apr 2, 2014

There were three provisions I would have liked to have seen that would have treated the livestock producers a lot better.

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Apr 2, 2014

I appreciate very much the honor and privilege to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and to follow my good friend, the gentleman from Texas, Judge Gohmert, in this presentation here tonight. I have…

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Apr 2, 2014

I think we have made a lot of progress in that situation.

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Apr 2, 2014

I appreciate your service in coming here to testify this morning.

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Mar 12, 2014

I thank the gentleman, the chair of the Constitution Subcommittee, for yielding to me. I rise in support of this act. I am a little bit astonished by some of the debate and the dialogue that has taken place here throughout this day…

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Mar 12, 2014

I thank the gentleman. I want to make a point. The President even amended ObamaCare by press conference, which is completely outrageous. Not to get to the immigration components of this, there is nothing in this that deports anyone. The…

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Mar 11, 2014

It is my privilege to be recognized by you and to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. I would first like to say I appreciate the gentleladies'--and that is plural--presentation and the breadth of their attention…

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Mar 11, 2014

I very much appreciate the gentlelady for yielding to me. I have a few topics I intend to bring up in the subsequent hour. I want to thank the gentlelady for raising this topic and for the significant information that has been delivered…

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Mar 6, 2014

On rollcall No. 99 I was not present due to unavoidable air travel delays. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore…

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Feb 25, 2014

there is unlikely any law that we could possibly pass here in the Congress that is going to compel the President to enforce it unless it is to his political interest to do so.

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Feb 25, 2014

It is my privilege to be recognized and to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. Of all the things that are on my mind that I would like to express to you, I know that there are also a good number of…

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Feb 25, 2014

I thank the gentlelady from Florida. And reclaiming my time, I will move to the microphone. Again, Mr. Speaker, through you I am thanking the gentlelady from Florida for raising this issue and giving me the number of the bill that I expect…

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Feb 25, 2014

the President had spoken orally in a press conference, and the insurance companies lined up to do his will and his bidding.

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Feb 10, 2014

It is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I have a number of things that I would like to bring to your attention that are on my mind and I think are on the minds of…

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Feb 10, 2014

We know that those numbers have gone--the deaths have all been in the thousands, and it is tragic down there.

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Feb 10, 2014

If you have a problem and you are trying to fix this problem and you do not see that there is a solution coming.

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Feb 10, 2014

I am slightly mystified by that. But in any case, I will try to be aware of that comment. To take us back to ObamaCare, Mr. Speaker, as I said, I would be happy to pick it up at this point. So we have a President who was, of course…

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Feb 10, 2014

It seems that there are people here politically that are willing to accept a significantly high level of fraud without an urgency to fix it.

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Feb 10, 2014

The deportations right now--the removals right now all together, and that in the definition of deportations used in this report, are lower than they have been since 1973.

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