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Pat Toomey

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Patrick Toomey is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Toomey was known for his focus on fiscal conservatism, economic growth, and limited government. During his tenure, he served on several Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he was involved in financial regulation and economic policy discussions.

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Apr 21, 2021

Colleagues, Congress is, after all, the first branch of government, and we have explicit constitutional responsibilities, and they include trade.

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Apr 21, 2021

We need to weigh these costs against the perceived potential benefits of a shift, and we should do so in an open, transparent, and accountable way.

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Apr 19, 2021

I hope that there is a universal acknowledgment that there has never been--and certainly in the tax reform we did--any pernicious racial intent in the sense of trying to benefit a given group at the expense of another.

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Apr 19, 2021

We should be rolling back the harmful Biden administration policies that are threatening the U.S. energy renaissance.

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Apr 19, 2021

You know, I think what we are going to hear today are two competing visions for how we help rural America.

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Apr 19, 2021

If we unwind the pro-growth features in our tax reform, we are not going to get back to those days.

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Apr 19, 2021

The truth of this whole situation that we have got to weigh and think about is the reason this has happened is because more efficient farming systems and approaches and companies deliver lower-cost food for consumers.

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Apr 19, 2021

You know, Wyoming is very blessed in that we have an abundance of natural resources, including robust minerals.

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Apr 19, 2021

The idea behind the tax reform...was to lower the after-tax costs of deploying capital...to help improve productivity.

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Apr 19, 2021

When our Government leaders start attacking our economy directly, that is where we have significant concerns.

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Apr 19, 2021

Lifting the cap on the SALT tax would do... a big subsidy from working Americans to the richest Americans.

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Apr 19, 2021

I think it is very, very important to underscore that it was almost immediately after we passed the tax reform that we had the best economy of my lifetime.

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