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Sam Brownback

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Sam Brownback is a Republican politician who served as the Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his governorship, he was a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1996. Brownback is known for his conservative positions on social issues and his advocacy for tax cuts and economic development in Kansas. During his tenure as governor, he implemented significant tax reforms aimed at stimulating the state's economy, although these policies faced criticism and led to budgetary challenges.

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September 24, 2019

There are some good things happening.

— Sam Brownback

Jun 6, 2018

USAID should fund directly to independent religious organizations to do the good work that they have been doing.

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Jan 2, 2017

I look forward to working with people, working with you, working with everybody, regardless of their ideas or views, on how we can advance the agenda of religious freedom.

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Jan 2, 2017

Promotion of international religious freedom is in our national interest, and it directly supports national security priorities including the defeat of ISIS and other violent extremist groups.

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Jan 2, 2017

We have to get more focus on this by a broader cross-section, or we will not be effective in this.

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Jan 2, 2017

I think we should accept people that are fleeing religious persecution.

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Jan 2, 2017

I pledge to you my work to press the Government of India to be a government that honors religious freedom for everybody.

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Jan 2, 2017

Religious freedom is a fundamental right of every human no matter where they live, who they are, or what they believe.

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Jan 2, 2017

I thought the Frank Wolf act really improved on what took place in the 1998 act.

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Jan 2, 2017

I would continue the policies that have been done in the prior administration in working on these international issues.

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Jan 2, 2017

The beauty of what this job has been I think under the prior administration and this one is that there are contentious issues that people do not agree upon.

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May 10, 2016

We need to put into place policies that will hopefully end that genocide.

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Apr 27, 2016

I will fight for them to make sure this doesn't happen in their State either.

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Jul 9, 2013

We have gone even further to boost small businesses, because those businesses are the engine of job creation for our Kansas families.

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Jul 9, 2013

Gov. Sam Brownback has placed the utmost importance on pro-growth tax reform at the state level.

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Feb 25, 2013

We're very concerned about this storm. Believe it may be worse than the last one.

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Feb 25, 2013

We're very concerned about this storm. We believe it may be worse than the last one.

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Jul 17, 2012

My major concern . . . is the jobs in Kansas. Wichita is the air capital of the world, and we've got more major air companies there than anyplace in the world: Boeing, Airbus and all the [general aviation],

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Nov 27, 2011

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized today for what he called his staff overreaction to a tweet.

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Nov 27, 2011

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has apologized for what he called his staff's overreaction to a tweet.

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Aug 24, 2011

Crop insurance, as most of them have alluded to, is going to be really important for a lot of producers out there.

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Apr 5, 2011

The Senate version was introduced by then-Senator Sam Brownback.

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Dec 2, 2010

A frantic rush for band-aid fixes is no way to provide guidance to the economy.

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Dec 2, 2010

I don't mean to be too blunt, but raising taxes on the consumers and small businesses we depend on the most to put this economy back on track is a dumb economic move.

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Dec 2, 2010

We cannot expect small, mid-size or even larger businesses to take on large numbers of additional employees when the government is raising the cost for employing them gainfully.

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