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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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Sep 15, 2022

First, to clarify, it wasn't me who said that the IRS agents, this new army of 87,000 IRS agents, would be going after people to collect $20 billion more in taxes who were making less than $400,000. It was the Congressional Budget Office…

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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 12, 2022

I thank my friend from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie) for yielding. I rise in strong opposition to this bill that will absolutely increase the deficit. It will absolutely increase inflation, and this bill will absolutely increase energy costs. In…

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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 21, 2022

I know there has been a lot of work by Members on both sides on the CHIPS Act. Mr. McCaul on our side, through the China Task Force, put out a number of recommendations. The CHIPS Act was one of them. Of course, one of the concerns we are…

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Jul 21, 2022

I thank the gentleman. This debate will continue. It would be great if we were debating these bills next week. I stand to be surprised and happily surprised if the announcement comes out over the weekend that some or all of these bills…

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Jul 21, 2022

There are a few bills that we have been hearing might come that weren't discussed, and I know the gentleman alluded to the CHIPS Act. I know the Senate still hasn't finalized anything there. We are hearing they may. There are some other…

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Jul 21, 2022

I thank the gentleman, and I appreciate especially the concern about that first 2 weeks because as with my family and a lot of families, those first few weeks where the families are still together before everybody goes back to school, you…

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Jul 15, 2022

I appreciate that. I will share--and if the gentleman wanted to share as well with the majority leader--our side stands ready and strongly encourages the complete elimination of proxy voting. We could absolutely get back to 2-minute voting…

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Jul 15, 2022

I appreciate that. Hopefully, as I continue to have these conversations with the leader, maybe you and I could be whipping these bills together. You would see an overwhelming result and a quick reduction in the price at the pump that is…

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Jul 15, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman, the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, for leading on this issue. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this radical movement by our colleagues on the left to go way…

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Jul 15, 2022

I know this is a conversation I have had for months with the majority leader as we have talked about the concern over high gas prices, and I notice that, on the agenda that was listed, there are no bills that would deal with the high price…

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