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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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Oct 23, 2019

I would imagine the gentleman would also agree that the chairman of the Intelligence Committee should also not be above the law. He should not be able to write his own rules of impeachment, his own rules of engagement, in secret. These…

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Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Hoyer mocked that the process is tainted, that the process is being run like it might be run in the Soviet Union, not in the United States of America. It has never been done like that before. And you talk about Trey Gowdy, as if we…

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Oct 23, 2019

I don't know if the gentleman is asserting that we will have a vote on impeachment, that might be breaking news, but if these Members, all of us, are going to vote on impeachment, shouldn't we be able to see what goes on? Shouldn't we be…

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Oct 23, 2019

If we really are about getting to the facts, to think that you can suggest it is a fair process when only one side gets to choose who the witnesses are--again, the gentleman references Trey Gowdy's committee. Chairman Gowdy allowed both…

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Oct 23, 2019

First of all, it is not a question. It is a false assertion that the gentleman is making. And so you can make claims about people, but ultimately, if it is not backed up in fact, you just continue on. This has been the pattern of this…

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Oct 22, 2019

Like so many of my colleagues here today on the floor, I rise in strong opposition to the way that this impeachment inquiry is being conducted--in secret, behind closed doors. Madam Speaker, we had an election in 2016 and the people of…

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Oct 18, 2019

The polls reflect that there is going to be an election next year, and they want to decide the next President. They don't want the Speaker and Chairman Schiff to be deciding, behind closed doors, who the next President will be. That is not…

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Oct 18, 2019

On so many of those bills that the gentleman mentioned, the gentleman failed to point out the poison pills that were attached to those bills to ensure that they went out in a partisan way. Case in point is the bill the gentleman mentioned…

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Oct 18, 2019

With all due respect, the goose is being cooked behind closed doors because you started an impeachment inquiry by decree. You could change the rules today. If this is an impeachment inquiry, if it is--and I would ask the question: Are we…

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Oct 18, 2019

Hopefully, we can get that 302(b) number. Hopefully, Madam Speaker, if we want to talk about some of these bills, I would love if the majority leader would bring the package of bills that came out of committee unanimously, where every…

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Oct 18, 2019

As the so-called whistleblower complaint started with leaks to the press, where they said there were quid pro quos in the phone call with Zelensky, that is where this all started----

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Oct 18, 2019

As we all remember him, it is that style. It shows the example for all of us that you can be tough, you can fight for the things you believe in--we ought to all come here to fight for the things we believe in--and that means we are not…

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