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Rick Santorum

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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.

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Oct 15, 2017

The Republican leadership better start delivering on these two big things, both tax reform and repeal and replace Obamacare or this leadership team and certainly in the Senate and probably in the House are going to be in big trouble come…

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Oct 12, 2017

The facts are that the proposal that has been put forward by the Democrats have been almost zero reform.

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Oct 12, 2017

The answer is, I would say yes. I mean, if you're going to go out is there and criticize someone for using executive orders and you use them yourself, then you should suffer the consequences of your previous statements.

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Oct 12, 2017

I think what the president did with respect to suspending Obamacare, CSR payments, cost-sharing reduction payments, was the right thing to do.

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Sep 24, 2017

You're going to see insurance markets that are going to start to be really unstable because you're not providing any federal support for them anymore.

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Sep 24, 2017

I think what's been determined particularly about the hearing today, which I testified at the finance committee. I think there is broad support among Republicans for this approach that does two things.

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Sep 24, 2017

These ideas used to be bipartisan and now maybe we just need a little bit more time to drill that message through.

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Sep 24, 2017

The objective then, as with the bill before this committee, was to entrust sufficient resources and decisions into hands closer to the people in need.

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Sep 24, 2017

To his great credit, he accepted that this broken program was in need of a major overhaul.

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Sep 24, 2017

It is irrational. It is not supported by any facts or any of the evidence.

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Sep 24, 2017

I was the floor manager of that bill and worked closely with Representative Clay Shaw in the House and numerous governors to craft this reform.

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Sep 24, 2017

The idea that some States are not going to do better under the Graham-Cassidy bill is just fallacious.

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