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Eric Schmitt

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Eric Stephen Schmitt is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Missouri, a position he has held since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Schmitt previously served as the Missouri Attorney General from January 1, 2019, until January 1, 2023. During his tenure as Attorney General, he focused on issues such as consumer protection, public safety, and defending Missouri's laws in court.

Quotes by year · 20212026244 total · peak 2026 (75)
2021: 1 quote2022: 9 quotes2023: 69 quotes2024: 34 quotes2025: 56 quotes2026: 75 quotes

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  1. There is nothing compassionate about flooding the labor market with more foreign workers while Americans struggle for a decent wage.13 sources2026northdakotamonitor.com
  2. SCOTUS got birthright citizenship dangerously wrong.2 sources2026foxnews.com
Aug 26, 2026

“Thanks to this bipartisan legislation, the United States is keeping our promise that their fallen brothers and sisters, their courage, and their sacrifices are permanently dignified with a monument deserving of the heroism they’ve shown,”

coons.senate.gov
Aug 25, 2026

“This isn’t about politics – it’s about honor. EMS professionals in Missouri, and across the United States work tirelessly, often putting themselves in harm’s way for the communities they serve.

coons.senate.gov
Aug 10, 2026

I introduced a resolution during a meeting Thursday recognizing the Tigers for a claim to the national title.

abcnews.com
Aug 7, 2026

California’s burdensome emissions requirements continue to punish American manufacturers, reduce consumer choice, and raise prices for American families.

lummis.senate.gov
Aug 6, 2026

The waivers allow Sacramento to continue to punish manufacturers around the country and affect consumer choice and costs through their climate alarmist rules.

foxnews.com
Jul 29, 2026

There is nothing compassionate about flooding the labor market with more foreign workers while Americans struggle for a decent wage.

northdakotamonitor.com
Jul 27, 2026

The Democrats have stood in the way. But that was a big win that we got. And I think you’re going to start seeing more and more deportations because of that.

dailycaller.com
Jul 27, 2026

Right now, sanctuary jurisdictions across this country don’t tell ICE or federal law enforcement when a child rapist who’s here illegally is being released from prison. It’s totally insane.

dailycaller.com
Jul 27, 2026

So, this is a very uniquely American system that allows us to compete in the Olympics. It helps build leaders while they’re in school.

dailycaller.com
Jul 27, 2026

I'm filing the American Citizenship Act to start the process of restoring the 14th Amendment's original meaning.

dailycaller.com
Jul 25, 2026

After the American people voted for President Trump’s promise to end the TPS scam, the Biden administration tried to subvert the will of the American people.

foxnews.com
Jul 25, 2026

The most disturbing part, Biden's ‘Senior Advisors’ recommended he create 2.1 million NEW TPS designees in the last few weeks of his presidency, despite admitting TPS applications take 6 months.

foxnews.com
Jul 25, 2026

Biden tried to turn TPS into a 3.1-million-person deportation shield, protect Tren de Aragua members, and trap President Trump in years of litigation.

foxnews.com
Jul 25, 2026

America is for Americans, and it is our home—it is not a permanent refugee camp.

foxnews.com
Jul 24, 2026

A visa is a privilege—not a constitutional entitlement.

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

Foreign diplomats’ children using improperly procured citizenship documentation to illegally claim citizenship degrades the meaning of American citizenship, undermines our sovereignty, and threatens our national security.

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

I introduced the American Citizenship Act to restore that original meaning, challenge the Supreme Court’s decision, protect the sacred bond of American citizenship, and honor the legacy of our nation’s patriots who fought to protect what…

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

The 14th Amendment confers American citizenship upon persons born in the United States while ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof.’

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

American citizenship is sacred — our nation, and its people, are bound together by the values and freedoms our forefathers fought a revolution to secure.

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

SCOTUS got birthright citizenship dangerously wrong.

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

It would restart our fight in the courts for sanity in birthright citizenship. While the Supreme Court’s decision threatens to destroy American citizenship, I am fighting to defend it.

foxnews.com
Jul 16, 2026

We lived through Jack Smith, and the chairman has just revealed new revelations, of course, that he was reading text messages.

foxnews.com
Jul 16, 2026

Now, Jack Smith should be subject to prosecution for lying to Congress.

foxnews.com
Jul 13, 2026

And the money and the energy on the Democrat side right now are these radical leftist communists.

foxnews.com

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