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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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Jan 5, 2023

Madam Clerk, I move that the House do now adjourn until noon tomorrow. The CLERK. The question is on the motion to adjourn offered by the gentleman from Louisiana. The question was taken; and the Clerk announced that the noes appeared to…

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Dec 6, 2022

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber) for yielding and for organizing this tribute to my dear friend, Louie Gohmert. We will miss you in this Chamber, but I have nothing but great memories of Louie. You expressed so many prayers for…

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Dec 2, 2022

It is a good suggestion and something we can get back to, hopefully, in the new year, try to make this process work better. I appreciate the suggestion. Again, we will have this conversation more next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the…

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Dec 2, 2022

I share the gentleman's concerns there. One of the reasons we put the calendar out for next year this early and built time in during those months before the summer so that there is ample time to get all 12 appropriations bills through the…

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Dec 2, 2022

The final question would be on government funding. We are hearing there are negotiations. When we talk to appropriators on our side, they haven't indicated that they have been included in those negotiations. Do we know where those…

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Dec 2, 2022

I just would strongly encourage that as the text gets filed, if it is not some time in the next few hours, that when the gentleman is scheduling the floor vote on that bill, that there is enough time between when it goes to the Committee…

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Dec 2, 2022

I thank the gentleman. As we look toward next week, we will still have continued colloquies, at least one more colloquy. I have enjoyed these as well, and we will have time to talk about that later. If I could ask about the schedule for…

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Oct 29, 2022

It's just alarming when you see any kind of violence, whether it's political violence or not.

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Sep 22, 2022

A House Republican majority will not be afraid to hold China accountable.

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Sep 20, 2022

We are not going to stop fighting to get those answers even if Governor Cuomo and others want to keep hiding the facts.

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Sep 20, 2022

I thank the Chairman again, and I appreciated all of the witnesses' testimonies.

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Sep 20, 2022

Tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily. We will continue pressing for those answers.

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Sep 20, 2022

The Democrat majority has consistently used this pandemic as a political tool to divide Americans, and it has caused great harm and led to more distrust in public health.

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Sep 15, 2022

We will continue to tell the truth about these policies. Clearly, there is a disagreement on many of them, but that is why we have this debate. I look forward to continuing it with the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my…

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Sep 15, 2022

We will continue to be honest with the American people. It was the administration that used the 87,000 number. If that number should be lower, I would love to hear what that number would be.

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Sep 15, 2022

As we are more in the first half of September, obviously, this would all be at the very end of September. Hopefully, we wouldn't wait until the midnight hour. We are all aware of the deadline. Hopefully, we can get something brought…

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Sep 15, 2022

Obviously, we will be staying in touch on that. Hopefully, Ms. Lofgren will have some conversations with Ms. Granger about details because we haven't seen those yet. We surely would like to be more involved in those discussions.

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Sep 15, 2022

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who is my friend and the majority leader of the House.

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Aug 12, 2022

We know this that previous Presidents have had classified information, and again, that`s a conversation that goes on between the intelligence agencies and former presidents where they allow certain things to be held but in held in certain…

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Aug 10, 2022

We`re very strong supporters of law enforcement. And it concerns everybody if you see some agents go rogue, and if you see an agency that doesn`t have the right checks and balances at the top.

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Jul 15, 2022

I rise for the purpose of inquiring to the House majority whip the schedule for next week. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the majority whip of the House.

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Jun 22, 2022

It is our job to perform congressional oversight over the Administration

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Jun 22, 2022

My Democratic colleagues will use today's hearing to continue their political vendetta against the former Trump administration

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Jun 22, 2022

Did you see that, and were you concerned about that when it was happening? Because we saw thousands of people die from that failed strategy.

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