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Michele Bachmann

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Apr 10, 2013

If there is one thing the people of Minnesota understand, it's hockey. That's why I'm so excited to be able to be here today to congratulate the St. Cloud State University men's hockey team. They're making history. Never before in their…

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Mar 21, 2013

That's right. So, Mr. Speaker, it's the worst of all worlds. Your husband is having to pay for this very expensive insurance for himself, and the employer may be having a match on that, but you're out in the cold, your kids are out in the…

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Mar 21, 2013

Dr. Burgess, thank you so much. I just wanted to add this point to the whole debate that we're having today, that the unintended consequence of all of this is that we've now created a class system in America for health care. We can't…

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Mar 21, 2013

And if I recall, you wrote a book called ``House Calls'' just exactly on that topic by Dr. Burgess.

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Mar 21, 2013

Thank you so much, Representative Burgess, and I should say ``Dr. Burgess'' as well. I thank you for your first-class understanding of how devastating ObamaCare is in the lives of real people, and I thank Dr. Harris, who just gave his…

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Mar 20, 2013

Let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens.

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Mar 18, 2013

A war was raging in Benghazi for hours and all we know is that our president went AWOL while cries from American diplomats and soldiers went unanswered.

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Mar 18, 2013

When are we going to realize that government has been a very lousy steward of people's money?

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Mar 18, 2013

A war was raging in Benghazi for hours, and all we know is that our president went AWOL. While cries -- while cries from American diplomats and soldiers went unanswered.

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Mar 18, 2013

This is the president of the United States didn't care about those four Americans, and they were killed. That's the point.

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Mar 18, 2013

President Obama is wasting your tax dollars on extravagant perks for his family and even his dog Beau.

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Mar 5, 2013

It was government housing policy that failed homeowners.

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Feb 26, 2013

I will tell you why. When I was home last week and talking to a lot of women, they were telling me, 'I don't get this. Gasoline at Christmastime was $2.99 a gallon. Now, it is $4 a gallon.'

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Feb 26, 2013

So if my 18-year-old daughter was spending 40 percent more than what my husband and I were giving her, and she didn't do that just this month, but she did it next month and the next month and the next month, and finally my husband and I…

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Feb 12, 2013

we are the brokest nation in the history of the world.

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Feb 12, 2013

Delinquency is a big deal, because in my home State of Minnesota, we had 13 private banks that fell below their capital requirements.

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Feb 12, 2013

It isn't a very good idea for government to be forcing mortgage lenders to make loans to people who either: (a) can't pay the loan back; or (b) aren't willing to pay the loan back.

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Jan 1, 2013

I thank the gentleman from California. I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick for his bill as well. I, too, was shocked when I saw that the President of the United States, out of nowhere, at no request from any Member of Congress, had issued a unilateral…

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Sep 13, 2012

President Obama needs to get his priorities straight. What he needs to do is cancels his interview with David Letterman, cancel his meeting with Beyonce, cancel his meeting with Jay-Z and instead agree to meet with the prime minister of…

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Aug 1, 2012

I thank our friend from Texas. I just want to say, we've had so many Members of Congress that wanted to be down here on the floor this evening and there was only so much time. I would like to thank also Congresswoman Black of Tennessee…

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Aug 1, 2012

I thank you, Mr. Fortenberry, a father of five. And I'm a mother of five, and so I thank you. Mr. Speaker, I will give just a few remarks on Priests for Life and on their 20th anniversary. Tonight is a very important night because, as we…

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Aug 1, 2012

I now yield to Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey, the leading voice for the pro-life cause and for the unborn across the United States.

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Aug 1, 2012

Today, Mr. Speaker, we mark the 20th anniversary of Priests for Life, and I'm pleased to yield 1 minute to my colleague, Jean Schmidt, of Ohio.

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Aug 1, 2012

I thank you, Mr. Smith, for your important pro-life voice, and thank you for the years of steadfastness on this issue. And we do thank Father Pavone and also Priests for Life. Now I would like to yield to a wonderful Member from Nebraska…

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Jul 18, 2012

If the State Department breaks American law to bring a terrorist into the White House, a member of a terrorist organization, it certainly is conceivable that maybe they looked the other way on issuing this security clearance.

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