this letter that you showed me tonight as we were preparing is unbelievable. It clearly points out the difference between a bureaucratic vision of America, where control is moved to Washington, where we believe that this little bureaucrat in this building here in Washington does all kinds of good things, and the more power we can move to this bureaucrat and to this building in Washington, the better off we will be.
Discussing the role of bureaucracy in government during a floor speech.
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If (the referendum) is going to be influenced by governments, it’s going to be influenced by the government of Alberta and by the federal government, and maybe the other provinces, but not by the United States government.
As long as the president of the United States think I’m doing a good job, I’ll be here.
We have found over the last couple of decades that one of the best places in the world to get oil from is Canada.
Next year, hopefully we can all take a toast of American bourbon legally in the province of Ontario," Hoekstra said. "And toast the friendship and the relationship between the United States and Canada."
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