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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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May 30, 2026

You want to bring down affordability? Cut the red tape in Washington. Stop the abuses of some of these laws that are out there…

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May 30, 2026

It's insane that some of the fires that we've seen that have burned communities all across this country were completely preventable, except red tape, primarily out of Washington, stops local communities from managing their own forests.

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May 30, 2026

The good news is Republicans are doing something about it. We're bringing bills to reform these laws, to cut red tape in Washington.

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May 30, 2026

This was an incredibly important piece of legislation to pass, and with a narrow majority – Look, over and over again, the far left loves trying to count out the Republicans in Congress and yet we delivered for Americans, farmers.

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May 29, 2026

It's clear our policies are delivering: the average tax refund is up 11% from last year because of the Working Families Tax Cut.

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May 29, 2026

I proudly worked with President Trump to write and pass into law the Working Families Tax Cut.

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May 29, 2026

Secretary Loeffler has been doing a great job of representing the Trump Administration on behalf of small businesses, which are the lifeblood of our economy.

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May 29, 2026

We're going to keep delivering. But the left doesn't care about those families. They just want power, Sean.

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May 28, 2026

It’s clear our policies are delivering: the average tax refund is up 11% from last year because of the Working Families Tax Cut.

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May 27, 2026

The party's lost their way and they don't care about working people anymore.

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May 27, 2026

The far left has literally taken over the Democrat Party in Washington.

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May 27, 2026

The average tax refund is up 11% from last year because of the Working Families Tax Cut.

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May 27, 2026

This is exactly why we passed this historic legislation: to allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money.

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May 27, 2026

Most hardworking Louisiana families are seeing more money in their pockets.

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May 27, 2026

The Democrats have already said if they get the majority this November, they will reverse the Working Families Tax Cut. They will take that money away from you.

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May 27, 2026

The average worker under our bill will get $3,400 back when they file their taxes.

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May 27, 2026

But we said we're going to take power away from Washington and give it back to the people. What a powerful idea that is.

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May 27, 2026

What a beautiful day it is in America. Isn't this a great day? For the first time in a long time, Americans are celebrating April 15th as Tax Day because American families are getting money back today.

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May 27, 2026

If you look at the bills we're bringing, the FIRE Act, for example, allows people to manage forests again so that you don't have wildfires that burn down communities.

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May 27, 2026

When people filled out their taxes last week and were getting on average $3,400 back because of the bill that we passed, they also recognize that every Democrat voted against that bill because every Democrat wanted to take that money away…

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May 27, 2026

Well, it's another week where House Republicans are bringing bills to the floor to make life more affordable for hardworking families.

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May 27, 2026

Did anybody want a nuclear-armed Iran? I think if you ask most normal people, they would say absolutely not when they just slaughtered 30,000 of their own people.

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