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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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May 6, 2009

But you're going to have to do them back and forth. This is going to be both animal and human that the research needs to take place and you're going to have to work with CDC and other places to make sure these are, they go back and forth.

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May 6, 2009

Senator Brownback suggested, there are other issues this is tied to, or tied in with, and if so, whether or not those can be rectified as well.

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May 4, 2009

One of the things I get asked by a number of people is concern about foreign purchases of our debt, and that we are very dependent upon that particularly from the Chinese.

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May 4, 2009

the policy of 'too big to fail' has failed and that we need to get in a regularized system for our big banks.

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May 4, 2009

I am concerned about overreach by the administration on expanding the size of government and setting up costly and most likely inefficient programs.

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May 4, 2009

Our economy is in the midst of a serious recession and many Americans are suffering from job losses, home losses, and uncertainty about their retirement savings, their jobs, and their children's future.

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May 4, 2009

I get from my banks all the time that the regulators are on them way too much with the capital that they have.

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May 4, 2009

Thank you Chairwoman Maloney for arranging today's hearing and thank you Chairman Bernanke for testifying today about the economic outlook.

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May 4, 2009

I appreciated very much, your presentation on 60 Minutes recently and the assuring sense that you put in front of the public.

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May 4, 2009

I do have a quick statement that I wanted to make, and I will have my full statement put into the record.

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May 4, 2009

We are adding trillions of deficit-financed Federal government spending, which adds trillions to our Nation's debt.

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May 4, 2009

I believe that the last things we want to do is raise taxes and add uncertainty to the economic and financial environments.

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May 4, 2009

Do you have a thought on considering tax increases at the present time by the Congress?

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May 4, 2009

They are saying it is particularly harmful on commercial real estate, and that is the very weak part that you were noting in the economy now anyway.

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May 4, 2009

I am very much in favor of taking strong steps to end 'too big to fail,' and I have given a number of speeches on that subject.

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May 4, 2009

I am sure you have concerns about that. Are there signals that you are looking at and considering as to whether or not this is occurring or is not occurring on a government debt bubble?

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Apr 29, 2009

With the strong support of President Obama, I believe we can pass this bill and get working Americans some relief from mounting pocketbook pressures.

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Apr 29, 2009

I hope you really watch this, and I am certain you will because these numbers are gargantuan and you know they are gargantuan.

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Apr 29, 2009

I am just beside myself on what has happened. I mean, they've launched a multistage missile.

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Apr 29, 2009

I think we probably need to institutionalize some of that.

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Apr 29, 2009

I look at this and I think, 'This is exactly the wrong message we should be sending.'

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Apr 29, 2009

The group we had in last week said we do have the tools to deal with this now.

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Apr 29, 2009

Our budget is fundamentally about priorities and I applaud the President for working with Congress to craft a blueprint that builds on our recovery efforts.

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Apr 29, 2009

With the Administration's budget outline, we are adding trillions of deficit-financed Federal government spending, which adds trillions to our Nation's debt.

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Apr 29, 2009

Given the severity of the economic downturn that we face, and efforts already under way to try to offset the downturn, it is absolutely clear to me that the last things we want to do is raise taxes and add uncertainty to the economic and…

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