“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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Richard Burr

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Richard Burr is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Burr has focused on issues such as veterans' health care and the relationship between the Department of Veterans Affairs and academic institutions. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving services for veterans and enhancing the efficiency of government programs.

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Mar 12, 2013

DOD is headed for a totally separate system. There is no assurance that it is going to be integrated in a way that will talk to VA.

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Mar 12, 2013

Can you provide for the Committee the percentage of time that that system is unavailable to those in the field that are working on it?

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Mar 12, 2013

Do I have your commitment to provide this Committee with those performance metrics on a monthly basis?

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Feb 12, 2013

If the Affordable Care Act is the panacea some suggest it is, why did the executive branch exclude themselves from coverage under the Affordable Care Act?

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Feb 12, 2013

the dumbest idea he has ever heard

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Feb 12, 2013

We cannot let sequestration take effect.

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Feb 12, 2013

If it is that good, why would we not include all branches?

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Feb 6, 2013

I hope that you take the opportunity, if you haven't already, to take back to the administration that it is absolutely essential that the documents this Committee has requested on Benghazi be supplied before the confirmation moves forward.

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Jan 31, 2013

I am very proud to extend my recognition and congratulations to Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, NC, in celebration of its 100th anniversary. As the oldest high school in Cumberland County, Terry Sanford High School continually…

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Dec 12, 2012

I would encourage you to maybe throw some new things on the table.

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