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Steve Scalise

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Steve Scalise is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, Scalise has held significant leadership roles, including serving as the House Majority Whip. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as tax reform, healthcare, and energy policy, advocating for conservative principles in Congress.

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Mar 19, 2024

The Biden Administration has waged a war on American energy, and my constituents are situated at Ground Zero in this battle.

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Mar 19, 2024

This Administration's failed energy policies are not only killing American jobs and shipping them overseas, but are also jeopardizing the energy and national security of our country.

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Mar 6, 2024

Well, I think you'll see both sides, you know, really looking to hear what the president has to say.

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Mar 5, 2024

I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: H. Con. Res. 93 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the…

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Feb 12, 2024

When you have the votes, you vote and that is why they decided to push ahead tonight with his return to the Capitol.

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Jan 24, 2024

You've got people, leaders, Republican, Democrat all across America pleading with President Biden to address this problem and he refuses.

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Nov 2, 2023

I am happy to yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) for the purposes of a colloquy. I still call him Leader Hoyer.

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Oct 25, 2023

I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res 810 Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform that body that Mike Johnson, a Representative from the…

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Oct 25, 2023

I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 811 Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the President of the United States that the House of…

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Oct 11, 2023

He urged those members to put their personal agendas aside and get behind one candidate for the good of the party.

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Oct 11, 2023

The House cannot act on any legislation, no national priorities no dealing with issues like aid to Israel, aid to Ukraine, avoiding a government shutdown by mid-November until there is a speaker of the House.

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Jul 17, 2023

As we all know, there is a baseball game that is played between the Republicans and Democrats. It goes back many decades and raises a lot of money for local charities. In this game, they do keep score, and there are winners and there are…

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May 24, 2023

While some in this town might be interested in theatrics, House Republicans took action. We passed a bill to address the problem. It is time for my friends on the other side to start doing their job. Call the Senate back in to take up the…

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May 10, 2023

The rush to a green energy future, driven more by politics and virtue-signaling than economics and emissions reductions, will only enrich China at America's expense.

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May 10, 2023

Rather than kowtowing to China, companies should reject environmental policies that raise the costs of doing business and favor the CCP.

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Apr 25, 2023

I mean, there are whales that are showing up dead on the beach.

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Mar 27, 2023

Before they even know the facts, the first thing they talk about is taking guns away from law-abiding citizens.

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Mar 23, 2023

There is no place in America for political violence of any kind.

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Feb 27, 2023

I didn't hear a lot of concern about that back then. They released a lot of stuff that probably wouldn't be good for Capitol Police.

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Feb 7, 2023

Amendment XXVI, Section 1: ``The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.'' Section 2: ``The Congress…

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Feb 2, 2023

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I enjoyed our first of many of these colloquies. As we look toward hearing from the President, which we welcome together into this Chamber, I look forward to working with the President to address these…

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Feb 2, 2023

I would say on that, you can go look at the tax cuts. After those taxes were cut, the Federal Government took in more money than it has ever done in the history of the country because more people were working, and lower- and middle-income…

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Jan 31, 2023

I send to the desk a privileged concurrent resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows: H. Con. Res. 11 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the…

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Jan 15, 2023

It shouldn't matter if it's a Republican or Democrat, yet, you see the double standard on full display.

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Jan 9, 2023

This is something that's being handled entirely. Obviously, there were concerns about what we had heard. And so, we're going to have to sit down and talk to him about it.

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