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Chuck Edwards

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Chuck Marion Edwards is a Republican politician currently serving as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota, having taken office on January 1, 2023. He has been involved in various legislative initiatives that reflect his commitment to the interests of his constituents and the state. Edwards has a background in community service, which informs his approach to governance and policy-making. He is known for his pragmatic views on legislation, often emphasizing the importance of compromise and collaboration in the legislative process.

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Mar 18, 2013

If you have the scope and schedule and cost, and if the scope deviates, naturally the cost and the schedule is going to deviate.

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Mar 18, 2013

They want to create a group program called Accountability and Risk Management.

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Mar 18, 2013

Effective oversight and management of IT expenditures is critical.

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Sep 10, 2012

Good morning Chairwoman Miller, Vice Chairman Quayle, Ranking Member Cuellar, and distinguished Members of the subcommittee.

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Sep 10, 2012

Thank you for inviting me to testify about the results of our work on border security.

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Sep 10, 2012

I will present the results of three recent reports on DHS' implementation.

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May 31, 2012

I think there is a lot of government failures that led up to the big crash in 2008.

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May 31, 2012

The money pours out of Washington. There are rules and regulations with each of these programs.

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May 31, 2012

I estimate that business subsidies are about $100 billion a year. That is a small part of the total budget, but it is a good place to start cutting.

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May 31, 2012

If corporations were so powerful they would have cut the corporate tax rate and they would have done all other kinds of things to benefit them.

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May 31, 2012

I believe in the 50 States as laboratories of democracy. I believe in federalism.

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May 31, 2012

The Federal Government should have some basic functions that we all agree with, and we ought to leave a lot of stuff like infrastructure and education to State and local governments.

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May 31, 2012

Farm subsidies, in my view, they are like a reverse Robin Hood program. They take from average taxpayers and give to high-income farm households.

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May 31, 2012

I am for closing tax loopholes. I am for closing--I am for getting rid of special deals on the tariff side.

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May 31, 2012

Tariffs are taxes. I mean, they are taxes on international trade.

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May 31, 2012

I think the most important tax reform we need in the United States is to lower our corporate tax rate.

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May 31, 2012

Let's let the States fund it and do it. Then the States can learn from each other to see what works.

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May 31, 2012

We should have a layer cake. Each of the levels of government should fund their own programs.

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May 31, 2012

I think we already have sort of an equality between voters like that.

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May 31, 2012

Yes. Absolutely. I mean, again, we are always going to have lobbying, and that is always going to be a problem.

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May 22, 2012

I want to give you my commitment that we are going to do a comprehensive review and an independent investigation.

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May 16, 2012

the smuggling of people and goods across the Nation's borders is a large-scale business dominated by organized criminal enterprises.

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May 16, 2012

the Mexican drug cartels today are more sophisticated and dangerous than any other organized criminal groups in our law enforcement experience.

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May 16, 2012

the vast majority of employees within DHS are dedicated civil servants focused on protecting the Nation.

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May 16, 2012

a small percentage of employees have committed criminal acts and other egregious misconduct warranting stiff sanctions.

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