Kelly Ayotte

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Kelly Ayotte is a former United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from January 5, 2011, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. During her tenure, Ayotte focused on issues such as national security, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. She was known for her bipartisan approach and worked on various initiatives to strengthen the military and improve veterans' services.

Quotes by year · 2005–20262,669 total · peak 2013 (543)

Jun 9, 2015

September 11, 2001 was all about connection and communication.

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Jun 9, 2015

It takes a lot of courage to speak out, and it takes a lot of courage to go outside your organization to do it.

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Jun 9, 2015

I rise to speak about an amendment-- amendment No. 1628--to the Defense Authorization Act. This is an amendment I have submitted with Senator Peters, and it has strong bipartisan support. This is about the threat of tunnels--tunnels used…

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Jun 8, 2015

I think all of us are quite shocked by this in terms of just basic common sense...

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Jun 8, 2015

I think that is part of our function here as well.

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Jun 7, 2015

Not to have to deal with it. Who wants to deal with the IRS, right?

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Jun 7, 2015

Taxpayers need to know and be comfortable that they're going to get treated fairly no matter who they are and no matter what political party they belong to.

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Jun 7, 2015

Good. I hope so, too. And if not, we have legislation that would make sure that--we want people to know so that they can protect themselves.

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Jun 7, 2015

I'm starting to feel New Hampshire is a hotbed, unfortunately.

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Jun 7, 2015

So it's misleading in a--it's bigger.

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Jun 7, 2015

So you were never assigned one point of contact.