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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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Jul 15, 2026

It's no longer reserved to just the city of New York. They're trying to spread it all throughout the country. And ultimately, the American people will decide that in November.

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Jul 15, 2026

And there are some now who want to take that away. And they're getting into power. They want to get the House majority. We are not going to let that happen.

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Jul 15, 2026

Wow, what a powerful tale that Carlos told. It's a cautionary tale. It's a tale of what really happens when people come delivering snake oil sales. ‘Oh, everything's going to be great, everything's going to be free.’

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Jul 10, 2026

We keep them all in our prayers. We continue to not only pray for them but work and vote to ensure that our Department of Homeland Security has the tools to keep our country safe so this never happens again.

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Jul 10, 2026

If you've just been used to voting Democrat all your life because maybe you just support union candidates, those days are gone. And those candidates, by the way, are getting defeated. The pro-union Democrats are getting defeated by…

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Jul 9, 2026

Young people are benefiting tremendously from this bill. The Trump accounts, when you're born, you get money in your name that you can manage.

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Jul 9, 2026

We're doing a lot for kids, and frankly, to give them more opportunity. That's what President Trump's been committed to. We just celebrated one year of that great bill, the Working Families Tax Cut, being signed into law on the Fourth of…

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Jul 9, 2026

It's insane to see how far left the Democrat Party has moved to where now literally it's a Bolshevik Revolution. I mean, the Communists have taken over. This is not your father's Democrat Party, and it's really the candidates that they're…

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Jul 8, 2026

Ultimately, if you talk about things like a fund to make sure that you allow states to require picture ID. I mean, just the basic idea of showing a photo ID to vote, just like you do to get on an airplane or to buy a six-pack of beer, to…

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Jul 2, 2026

I hope the Senate gets that bill done because we've been working with President Trump on things like that.

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Jul 1, 2026

We've been working on putting elements of the SAVE Act in the reconciliation bill.

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Jul 1, 2026

Speaker Johnson and I both are working very hard to try to get a reconciliation bill. I'd like to see one.

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Jul 1, 2026

Swing voters do not want socialism. Frankly, a lot of Democrats don't want socialism.

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Jul 1, 2026

Well, I want the SAVE Act too. We passed the SAVE America Act multiple times through the House and it's sitting over in the Senate. But the housing bill is very important. I mean, this is a bill that will lower housing costs. It will…

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Jul 1, 2026

Which direction of the country do the American people want to go? Do they want to keep experiencing this golden age that President Trump and Republicans are ushering in, or do they want to go back to the Bolshevik Revolution, which has…

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Jul 1, 2026

This is a country that's actually experiencing a golden age again. I mean, gas prices are down 50 cents from where they were just a few weeks ago and continuing to go down.

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Jul 1, 2026

At a time when the Democrats are in a fight to go to the Bolshevik Revolution and see who can tear down America more, most Americans are celebrating what's great about this country.

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Jul 1, 2026

But when you think about all of this and we reflect on what's coming up this weekend, celebrating our nation's 250th birthday, it's going to be a great day.

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Jul 1, 2026

Keep in mind: Every single Democrat voted against that bill. They voted against it because they want Washington to have more of your money.

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Jul 1, 2026

I want to applaud Congresswoman Van Duyne for the hard work she did on the Ways and Means Committee and 11 different committees to bring the Working Families Tax Cut to life, to law.

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Jun 29, 2026

This is the greatest place in the history of the world. And if you really hate it, go try another place out for a couple of weeks. You'll be begging to come back.

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Jun 27, 2026

We delivered for American families. We did it for energy costs. We're doing it for a number of other issues, and we're not done.

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Jun 27, 2026

You look at some of the things that they talk about, it's, you know, they want to defund the police, they want to basically just get rid of the free market capitalist system that we have.

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Jun 27, 2026

This is surely not your father or grandfather's Democrat Party. They've fully embraced socialism.

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Jun 26, 2026

We need a fully funded Department of Homeland Security.

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