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Andy Harris

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Andy Harris is an American politician and physician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare and fiscal policy during his tenure in Congress. Harris has been an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act, often advocating for its repeal and replacement with alternative healthcare solutions. He has also been involved in discussions surrounding budgetary matters and government spending.

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Mar 8, 2017

Should we reward those that don't--I mean, we send billions of Federal dollars to public schools that can't teach someone to add and subtract.

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Mar 8, 2017

Where does the K through 8 public school system fit into this?

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Mar 8, 2017

I beg you, please, remove the agenda from education.

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Mar 8, 2017

This is not education. This is agenda.

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Mar 8, 2017

Now, I am not--I am making no comparisons that you can compare to Norway, but, look, no comparison.

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Mar 8, 2017

I beg you, if you come for government funding, you must remove as many vestiges of political agenda as you can.

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Mar 8, 2017

I have to respond to people in my district who say, you know, given what 'Kumu Hina' is about, my district doesn't care whether CPB produces that.

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Mar 8, 2017

The average U.S. consumer gets 189 channels now.

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Mar 8, 2017

The question--and the question, really, should be raised in every part of the government, is, you know, is what this organization that we fund, any organization that we fund, I don't care whether it is the Department of Defense, whether it…

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Feb 6, 2017

The suggestion that reciting the words of the great Coretta Scott King would invoke rule XIX and force Senator Warren to sit down and be silent is outrageous.

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Jan 11, 2017

--who will be stripped of their right to have health care, my vote is no. The clerk will continue to call the roll.

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May 11, 2016

The bottom line is we pass the estate tax repeals through the House, nothing happens to it.

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May 11, 2016

What I am going to describe today is H.R. 5308, the Asset Act, which is another pathway to a state tax reform.

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Mar 15, 2016

What is the evidence that it is not scalable to increase it by 10 percent? Is there evidence? Do we have evidence?

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Mar 15, 2016

Bottom line, you legalized the drug.

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Mar 15, 2016

I would much rather see the $100,000,000 going to accelerating the development of that HIV vaccine.

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Feb 24, 2016

I hope so. Look, then I will yield back the time.

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Feb 24, 2016

What percent of the new--of the employees who are going to be subject to this are getting pay past 40 hours?

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Feb 24, 2016

I understand filibustering, and I reclaim my time.

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Feb 24, 2016

I would just suggest that that is what the State Department thinks they ought to do, that is what you ought to do for the Zika and not come in with a budget-busting $1,800,000,000 request.

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Feb 24, 2016

I just hope Medicare beneficiaries realize what the--what your budget does to Medicare over the next few years.

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Feb 24, 2016

When I was in the Navy, we had a saying that the Navy went from crisis to crisis unimpeded by plans.

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Feb 24, 2016

We actually have a plan to fund projected problems into the future.

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Feb 24, 2016

So, actually, we are sitting on a $541,000,000,000 deficit, and we are--the administration comes in and says this is emergency funding.

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