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Mike Pompeo

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Mike Pompeo is a Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 70th United States Secretary of State from April 2018 to January 2021 under President Donald Trump. Prior to his role as Secretary of State, he was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from January 2017 to April 2018. Pompeo has also served as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2017, where he was known for his strong stance on national security and foreign policy issues. Throughout his career, he has emphasized a robust approach to counterterrorism and has been an advocate for American energy independence.

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May 14, 2015

Today, this body will take up the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. It has the noble intention of reducing the risk that the Iranians will develop a nuclear arsenal. Unfortunately, I think passage of this bill will do just the opposite…

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Mar 17, 2015

I would hope that the two of you would appreciate that too, but instead what I get is two Government agencies, each of which wants increased authority, increased power, more control, the capacity to define rights, sort of the historic…

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Jan 26, 2015

The hypocrisy to come today and say we are both moving too slow and asking for too much is something the American people will get to judge as we move forward.

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Jan 21, 2015

Tomorrow hundreds of young people from across Kansas will join thousands of Americans, young and old, on The National Mall for the March for Life. They are here to remind us all that, in the midst of all the important issues we talk about…

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Jan 21, 2015

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me, and I rise in support of H.R. 161. We are tens of thousands of miles of pipeline capacity short of the necessary pipelines to carry natural gas to consumers who need it and businesses who demand it…

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Dec 10, 2014

I think if we unleash markets, glorious things will happen.

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Dec 10, 2014

I think we made a mistake putting it in place in the 1970s.

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Dec 10, 2014

Does anybody care--today want to say today that OPEC is dead?

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Dec 9, 2014

The proposal, my friends, is very simple. The FDA, our Nation's foremost food safety authority, should have the authority to require labeling on genetically-modified foods.

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Dec 9, 2014

Thank you for yielding, Mrs. Blackburn. Thank you to you and to Mr. Butterfield for being cosponsors of this bill.

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Dec 9, 2014

Look, at the end of the day, this is a Bill that is needed to make sure that folks all across America can afford food.

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