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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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May 20, 2025

I don't think it can be done today. I mean, the runway is short today.

foxnews.com
May 19, 2025

No, we are still a ways away, but we can get there.

cnn.com
May 15, 2025

this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee finally attacked fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicaid system. I think every American knows that when government runs a program, there is fraud, waste, and abuse, and that is exactly what the…

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May 7, 2025

We should use this opportunity to make certain that DC isn’t wasting money on ideas like DEI or reparations.

motherjones.com
May 7, 2025

I am sure what you are going to hear on the floor today is what you have heard in the past, these rumors that somehow those mean, nasty Republicans are going to cut Medicaid. It reminds me of what Groucho Marx once said: Who you going to…

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May 6, 2025

A lot of times on this floor and in the press you hear about how the Republicans somehow are cutting Medicaid or slashing Medicaid, but the facts are that in the Republican budget resolution, we increase Medicaid expenditures by at least…

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Apr 30, 2025

You just heard right here on the floor that those mean Republicans are cutting Medicaid. Let's set the record straight. As this graph shows, the Republican instructions don't cut Medicaid, they increase Medicaid by 25 percent over the next…

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Apr 29, 2025

The United States has $36 trillion in Federal debt. Our debt-to-GDP ratio is greater than Greece and Italy when they had their debt crisis, and we are incurring a deficit of $2 trillion a year. The most rapidly growing part of the Federal…

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Apr 15, 2025

I have said the same.

slate.com
Apr 9, 2025

spend time with people whose minds he might change. He’s just not going to change my mind.

msnbc.com
Apr 8, 2025

To the extent that Humphrey's Executor requires otherwise, the Department intends to urge the Supreme Court to overrule that decision, which prevents the President from adequately supervising principal officers in the Executive Branch who…

foxnews.com
Apr 6, 2025

I can’t support House passage of the Senate changes to our budget resolution until I see the actual spending and deficit reduction plans to enact President Trump’s America First agenda.

foxnews.com
Apr 1, 2025

The average American already thinks that you actually have to be a U.S. citizen to vote in a Federal election. The fact of the matter is that our laws have loopholes. You don't actually have to be a U.S. citizen in some States or don't…

govinfo.gov
Mar 31, 2025

He’s just not going to change my mind.

msnbc.com
Mar 12, 2025

He needs real consequences to demonstrate that no one gets to disrupt the People’s business in lame attempts to derail President Trump’s agenda.

cnn.com
Mar 5, 2025

Green was censured in a bipartisan vote but he needs real consequences to demonstrate that no one gets to disrupt the People's business.

cbsnews.com
Mar 4, 2025

Look, we haven't seen the final form of the CR. In concept, the president has said he needs this for his agenda. We support the president's agenda.

cbsnews.com
Mar 4, 2025

In concept, the president has said he needs this for his agenda. We support the president's agenda.

cbsnews.com
Mar 4, 2025

Look, we haven't seen the final form of the CR.

cbsnews.com
Mar 4, 2025

threatens to deprive the commission of authority to license the private storage of spent nuclear fuel in any location.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

I think we're charting new territory here with President Trump and his striving to get government efficiency going.

nbcnews.com
Feb 24, 2025

A call for Western civilization to bring back the ideals of Western civilization and the success of Western civilization.

motherjones.com
Feb 24, 2025

I will oppose stripping Iowans of their civil rights protections with every fiber of my being.

newsweek.com
Feb 16, 2025

To the extent that Humphrey's Executor requires otherwise, the department intends to urge the Supreme Court to overrule that decision.

cbsnews.com
Feb 13, 2025

If you go above $2 trillion in deficit reduction in those other committees, you can actually raise the amount of tax cuts.

nbcnews.com

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