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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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Feb 7, 2012

Your views of this are--come from books?

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Feb 7, 2012

I think the Utility MACT rule is designed to create costs which prohibit that, and isn't about a good environmental policy but instead is about energy policy, trying to drive coal out as an affordable source for manufacturers and consumers…

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Feb 7, 2012

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ms. McCarthy, for being here today.

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Feb 7, 2012

Did you consider the economic impacts to all of those businesses that will be affected by the cost increase for electricity?

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Feb 7, 2012

Is this Logan 1? So there is a single--of all the plants in the United States today, there is a single existing plant that meets these new requirements.

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Jan 24, 2012

We should decide if this is in the American national interest.

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Jan 24, 2012

I understand that Mr. Waxman doesn't like this pipeline.

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Jan 24, 2012

He spent 4 minutes and 31 seconds testifying.

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Jan 23, 2012

We often come to the podium to talk about a bill or piece of legislation. Today I have the great privilege to stand in support of protecting every human life. In Kansas is a place that has marked a great piece in the history of the…

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Jan 17, 2012

In 36 days, the President will have an opportunity to do a great thing for America. He'll have an opportunity to allow private industry with private funds to build a pipeline to carry petroleum all across the country to lower the price for…

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Dec 8, 2011

I thank the chairman for yielding. This is a great day for rural America. H.R. 1633 is going to do what we've been trying to do for a long time, during my entire 11 months in the United States Congress, which is to provide just a little…

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Nov 16, 2011

the $10 billion that was appropriated was for the entire portfolio of loans, correct?

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