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Pat McHenry

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Patrick Timothy McHenry is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing North Carolina's 10th congressional district since 2005. Throughout his tenure, he has held various leadership roles, including serving as the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. McHenry is known for his focus on financial services and technology issues, advocating for policies that promote innovation and economic growth.

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Mar 19, 2012

The anger that my constituents have of the cost at the pumps is very real.

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Mar 19, 2012

the production of oil on public lands has actually gone down under your Administration's watch.

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Mar 19, 2012

Tell me what you have done to reduce the price of gas at the pumps. What policies have you put in place to reduce the price of gas at the pumps?

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Mar 19, 2012

The policies this Administration has put in place have actually increased the cost of fuel at the pumps.

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Mar 19, 2012

We have doubled the budget of the Department of Energy in 2009 and yet we are paying twice as much at the pumps.

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Mar 19, 2012

I have not yet heard that they are trying to increase the supply of American oil or our refining capacity.

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Mar 6, 2012

It is because of my concerns over these issues that I have introduced H.R. 757, the Equitable Treatment of Investors Act.

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Feb 15, 2012

when a mandate forces me to add in Ella and Plan B as part of our package, especially as a preventative package which would be 100 percent coverage, so we are responsible for managing that cost, those-- that my signature is completely in…

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Feb 15, 2012

I don't think there is any movement afoot in Congress to ban contraception.

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Feb 15, 2012

To have two of nine witnesses be females, I think, is offensive to the dialog that is happening in the public.

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Feb 15, 2012

We view it as an issue of religious liberty.

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Feb 7, 2012

I want to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their advocacy against right to work laws in their respective States.

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Feb 7, 2012

We want to make sure that there is cooperation from the CFPB with those State regulators.

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Feb 7, 2012

It hasn't even been enacted yet, and so being sure that small businesses are protected, which Congress was concerned about, hasn't happened yet.

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Feb 7, 2012

It is basically regulation through lawsuit, and the Federal Government already has that authority.

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Feb 7, 2012

I certainly appreciate their willingness to advocate for closed shops for unions.

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Feb 7, 2012

But we also have international competitiveness issues.

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Feb 7, 2012

That is a horrible choice. And I am sorry.

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Feb 7, 2012

So one of my colleagues said that basically the unions pass the hat.

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Feb 7, 2012

This is really the crux of this discussion today. You are being forced, money is being taken out of your pocket.

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Feb 1, 2012

At what point are you going to take action?

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Feb 1, 2012

You have not taken action. You have not fired anybody. You haven't changed policy.

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