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Thom Tillis

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Thom Tillis is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from North Carolina, a position he has held since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Tillis has focused on issues such as tax reform, healthcare, and national security during his tenure in the Senate. He previously served as the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012, where he played a significant role in shaping state legislation.

Quotes by year · 2015–20261,046 total · peak 2023 (219)
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Jun 5, 2025

There’s a lot of things that have to go perfectly right to get all that done and be out by July 4.

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Jun 1, 2025

I think we should [strike a separate bipartisan deal with Democrats to extend the ACA tax credits].

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May 19, 2025

It runs afoul of the Constitution in the strictest sense... nobody should bellyache about that.

vox.com
May 14, 2025

I think that’s an area where we’re going to need some consideration.

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May 13, 2025

Everybody needs to know that Air Force One is not like every other Boeing.

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May 12, 2025

We got a lot of mechanics to work out.

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May 5, 2025

I think anybody that breached the perimeter should have been in prison for some period of time.

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May 5, 2025

Most of my concerns are related to January 6, and he built a compelling case on some of the 15, 12 prosecutions that were probably heat of the moment bad decisions.

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May 5, 2025

Most of my concerns are related to Jan. 6.

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May 5, 2025

If Mr. Martin were being put forth as a U.S. attorney for any district except the district where Jan. 6 happened, the protest happened, I’d probably support him, but not in this district.

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May 5, 2025

I’ve indicated to the White House I wouldn’t support his nomination.

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May 1, 2025

The first question I will ask anybody who proposes that whether it is FMAP, rate of growth whatever changes to Medicaid, are you fully dialed into the implications of the triggers that many red states have for a basis of Medicaid expansion?

cnn.com
Apr 30, 2025

I understand the Senate has received H.J. Res. 75 from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). The Senator is correct.

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Apr 29, 2025

It’s a political exercise. It has no hope in them in the House, and I don’t do messaging bills.

nbcnews.com
Apr 29, 2025

You can’t look at this today and recognize it for anything other than being unacceptable.

cnn.com
Apr 2, 2025

He does believe that we’re a coequal branch.

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Mar 31, 2025

If we’re going to be more constrained, then you have to look at the core of what we need to get done.

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Mar 26, 2025

I’m not sure. I think that that’ll be a problem for a number of members, because of it feeling a bit like the slippery slope of nuking the filibuster.

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Mar 24, 2025

This is my promise. Anybody that communicates a death threat to me, if we catch you, I’m pressing charges.

motherjones.com
Mar 24, 2025

Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ‘credible death threats.’

motherjones.com
Mar 23, 2025

Look, the House has to do what the House has to do to get their baseline vote. The Senate has to do what the Senate has to do to get a baseline vote.

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Mar 12, 2025

That's not what you want to hear.

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