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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 17, 2013

It causes a big concern not only to Members of Congress but to people across the country who believe in a democratic process.

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Sep 17, 2013

The policies coming out of EPA seem to be at the top of that list, a lot of the threats are coming out of EPA.

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Sep 10, 2013

The broadcasters ought to be paid for their content.

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Sep 10, 2013

We want everybody to be treated fairly.

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Sep 10, 2013

We have also been encouraged by efforts by Representative Scalise in previous Congresses to look for outdated video regulations that merit elimination in order to remove unnecessary protections for video incumbents.

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Sep 10, 2013

We continue to encourage Mr. Scalise's reform efforts.

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Sep 10, 2013

I want to thank you for the process-driven approach to reviewing the decades-old video marketplace regulations.

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Sep 9, 2013

I want to thank the gentlelady from California, again, for her hard work on this and the good bipartisan cooperation that we've had in making these reforms. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden), chairman of the…

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Aug 1, 2013

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. {time} 1915 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Rodney Davis of…

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Aug 1, 2013

If I could go back to that National Association of Manufacturers study on the impact of a carbon tax, the gentleman from Tennessee might be interested in knowing that in Tennessee alone, in the first year of a carbon tax, household…

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Jul 31, 2013

The delay of the employer mandate could greatly contribute to the integrity of the employer verification in the future.

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Jul 31, 2013

The ACA, the Affordable Care Act, 'will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour workweek that is the backbone of the American middle class.'

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Jul 31, 2013

Do you really think that is isolated? I hear it every day and it is across the board, large employers, small employers, medium-size employers that are all saying the same thing.

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Jul 31, 2013

Medicaid is probably the most broken part of health care.

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Jul 31, 2013

Every single day I hear from employers back in my district that have nothing but problems and questions that are unanswered about the President's healthcare law.

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Jul 23, 2013

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 157, after line 2, add the following new section: Sec. 10002. None of the funds made available by this…

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Jul 22, 2013

I mean, that is money that somebody let goes, and goes to a restaurant, they are going to have to be paying more money, in essence, $30,000 per store more that is going to cost consumers, every store, and these are real prices that are…

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Jul 22, 2013

I support legislation that would solve it by repealing the mandate because clearly it is not working the way it was intended.

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Jul 22, 2013

EPA has the flexibility. They have not exercised it.

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Jul 22, 2013

One of the reasons that I support full repeal of the RFS is because, number one, it is not workable.

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Jul 18, 2013

At this time, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline), the chairman of the committee.

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Jul 17, 2013

I hear from businesses all the time that have been talking about the devastating impacts this is having on their business, on their ability to hire new employees.

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Jul 17, 2013

Our State study had just come out that said our State, Louisiana, would see a 56 percent increase in individual healthcare premiums on families.

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Jul 17, 2013

Many businesses are being forced to reduce the number of hours that employees work because of the healthcare law.

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Jul 10, 2013

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The way that this amendment is drafted actually would apply nationwide. This would move $2 million out of that administrative account in the Department of Energy, move it into the overall Corps…

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