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Chris Sununu

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Chris Thomas Sununu is an American politician serving as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire since January 5, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Sununu has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and health care during his tenure. He has been an advocate for business-friendly policies and has worked to maintain New Hampshire's low unemployment rate. Sununu has also emphasized the importance of bipartisanship in state governance.

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Oct 29, 2022

People have to just take the heat down here. I mean, this is America. This is one of the most amazing places on the planet earth. We should all wake up and be grateful.

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Oct 29, 2022

The average voter is worried about 2020, the average voter, it's a serious issue of course, but it is not what people are going to be voting on in the next week.

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Oct 29, 2022

You cannot change Washington if you keep sending the same people back.

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Aug 29, 2022

My biggest criticism and I think the concern of most of the country is where is the transparency, right? we want to see it.

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Aug 28, 2022

We want to see it. And one thing I was being very aggressive about was saying, look, if you're going to take unprecedented action, and raid a former President's house, well, you better have a strategy for unprecedented transparency.

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Aug 28, 2022

The fact that the president would go out and just insult half of America. Effectively call half of America semi-fascist, because he’s trying to stir up controversy.

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May 12, 2022

Look, I`m the first governor in 40 years to sign an abortion ban, right. Republican governors before me never signed that. I`m the -- I`ve done more on the pro-life issue, if you will, than anyone.

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May 12, 2022

I`m a pro-choice governor. I`ve been pro-choice.

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Nov 16, 2021

My responsibility is not to the gridlock in politics of Washington. It’s to the citizens of New Hampshire.

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Nov 9, 2021

I don`t want to go to Washington just to participate in Republican gridlock.

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Nov 9, 2021

My responsibility is not to the gridlock and politics of Washington. It`s to the citizens of New Hampshire and I`d rather push myself 120 miles an hour delivering wins for New Hampshire than to slow down and end up on Capitol Hill debating…

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Dec 22, 2020

Every one of those vials that is being used for a congressman and senator that has been doing nothing that hasn't been on the frontlines is another vial of vaccine that isn't going to a nurse.

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Feb 12, 2017

I am not aware of any widespread voter fraud here in New Hampshire.

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Feb 14, 2008

This is legislation that I coauthored with Senator Clinton. On the House side, there were Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Peter King who introduced companion legislation. It addresses the issue of known traffic accidents. There were 230…

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Oct 25, 2007

I am pleased to be able to stand up tonight...because taxes raise the price of something.

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Sep 17, 2007

I fear that the State Department is severely limiting the scope of the scholarship program, including to conflict countries such as Lebanon that remain unaccompanied posts for State Department employees. To put that another way, no U.S…

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Apr 24, 2007

I think, unfortunately, dealing with this legislation has laid to bare some of the weaknesses and problems with the way we are organized in Congress because it has been, unfortunately, an inefficient process in many ways. There are five or…

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Jan 24, 2007

I offered an amendment at the beginning of the debate a couple of days ago that would ensure continuation of funding for some of the high-performing women's business centers across the country, one of them being in Portsmouth, NH, a small…

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Dec 15, 2005

That is not the only basis on which these will be reviewed. The national security letter and the gag order require showing of bad faith on the part of the Government. I believe that standard as written in the conference report will prove…

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Dec 15, 2005

I will address the question and the concern. I think the threshold is too high. But I would prefer that time be provided to others--there are a number of others on the floor-- who support my position and oppose cloture.

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Nov 2, 2005

Second, Mr. President, I would like to correct the record. I appreciate the Senator from Colorado yielding to me, but I wish to speak in support of the McCain amendment, of which I am a cosponsor. One might imagine Senator McCain would be…

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Jun 23, 2005

There are nearly $4 billion in estimated loan guarantees over the next 5 years in this title. Those absolutely will cost the Federal Government something. That is exactly why money, $400 million, has to be appropriated to support them. I…

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Jun 23, 2005

First I apologize to my colleague, Senator Schumer of New York. It was just a slip of the tongue by the Senator from Idaho, I am sure. Senator Schumer may be in trouble if he is easily confused with me when he goes back home to New York.

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Mar 7, 2005

I do not support the Kennedy amendment because I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows: When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out of the market. That is the economic reality that seems to be…

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Dec 8, 2004

Although the conference report does not specify any particular group or organization to be included on the rulemaking committee, it is certainly expected that privacy and civil liberties groups, along with organizations like the National…

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