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Peter King

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Peter King is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2021. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to national security, particularly in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, and served as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. King was also involved in various legislative efforts concerning veterans' affairs and infrastructure development in his district. He announced his retirement from Congress in 2020, concluding nearly three decades of service in the House.

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Jun 10, 2015

Fair housing is essential. On the other hand, local governments have to try to comply.

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Jun 10, 2015

I do know the officials up there, and they believe they are attempting to comply in good faith.

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Jun 10, 2015

I don't see this as being a partisan issue.

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Jun 2, 2015

I think you were very--all of you were eloquent as far as some of the dark areas, where you just can't go right now.

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Jun 2, 2015

I would like to join you in welcoming Mr. Donovan. I have known him for many years. He is an outstanding district attorney, outstanding public servant, and he is going to be able to work across the aisle for the betterment of the country.

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May 12, 2015

Thank you, Congressman Rangel. It is my privilege to introduce a man who has been a friend for many years. He has been a career prosecutor. For 12 years, he was district attorney in Staten Island. He was overwhelmingly elected. He is a…

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Apr 21, 2015

Like Mr. Meeks, coming from New York we saw firsthand the horrors of an al Qaeda attack.

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Mar 23, 2015

It is important to me because, unfortunately, my congressional district has been disproportionately a source of bad actors and alleged bad actors in this area.

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Mar 23, 2015

I would hope that most of us would want the nature of that fiduciary standard to prevent people from paying money for products that are sold in which the intent in selling those is more about making money than it is providing the best…

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Mar 23, 2015

The SEC's neglect of this makes no sense.

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Mar 23, 2015

The hardworking Texans of the Fifth District of Texas whom I represent have not had the privilege of seeing their family budgets increase fourfold

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Feb 25, 2015

The Honorable Peter T. King, a Representative in Congress From the State of New York, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence:

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Feb 25, 2015

We must continue to make every possible improvement to our homeland security, including intelligence information sharing.

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Dec 1, 2014

I just think the President's Executive Order--again, the impression it would leave is he is trying to undo the impact of the election.

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Dec 1, 2014

I just feel--and I use these words advisedly--that there was bad faith in issuing the Executive Order at this time.

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Dec 1, 2014

I am opposed to the Executive Order for a number of reasons.

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Dec 1, 2014

The fact is, they were virtually silent on this issue throughout the campaign.

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Dec 1, 2014

For the American people to have faith in the Government, they should feel that there is good faith coming from both sides.

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Sep 16, 2014

I think it is always important to remind the people even in New York about the constant terror threat that we face.

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Sep 16, 2014

Let me thank you for holding this hearing. This is extremely timely and appropriate.

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Sep 9, 2014

If that became ultimately, yes, yes, I don't think we would use the Special Forces for operations.

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Sep 9, 2014

I think ultimately Congress should. First of all, I would vote. I mean, assuming the president says pretty much what I just said then I would certainly vote for a resolution.

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Sep 9, 2014

First of all, in general terms, I wanted him to say that our goal is to destroy ISIS. That is a very severe threat to the United States, our interests in the Middle East and the homeland security.

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Sep 8, 2014

I think Ray Rice will play again and I'll tell you why. Because I think that in America, we're a country of second chances.

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