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Jeff Duncan

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Jeff Duncan is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district since January 5, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Duncan has focused on issues such as energy independence, fiscal responsibility, and Second Amendment rights during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for conservative policies and has worked on various legislative initiatives that align with his party's platform.

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Sep 20, 2011

The ANWR area was set aside in 1980 by Jimmy Carter.

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Sep 20, 2011

The solution to our energy problem is to reduce our dependence.

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Sep 20, 2011

What do you think Americans should pay for a gallon of gasoline? That is a simple question.

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Sep 20, 2011

The thing that concerns me the most, I have noticed over the years that almost all these environmental radicals come from very wealthy or very upper income families.

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Sep 20, 2011

More Americans working will mean fewer Americans relying on the government services and a lessened burden on state, local communities, state government.

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Sep 20, 2011

I firmly believe that energy is a segue to job creation and that is what this hearing is about is about jobs.

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Sep 20, 2011

I guess I am one of the very few Members who has been up to Prudhoe Bay twice.

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Sep 13, 2011

I am deeply concerned about the Palestinian Authority's relations with the terrorist organization Hamas.

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Sep 12, 2011

If we don't wake up in this country and realize how important private property is to both our freedom and our prosperity, we are going to drastically change what this country has been throughout its history.

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Sep 12, 2011

These bills, it seems to me, want to keep a minority of wealthy environmental radicals from running roughshod over the rights of the majority of the people who live in those areas.

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Sep 12, 2011

This issue, visa-related immigration, should be easy because we are allowing guests to come into our country.

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Sep 12, 2011

My ire is not directed at you or the agencies, but rather, I reflect the very passionate frustration of many, many Americans when it comes to immigration issues.

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Sep 12, 2011

First off, let me say, I am Scotch-Irish, and I used Ireland earlier in an example only.

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Sep 12, 2011

It is very obvious to me that we have got a broken visa system for overstays based on these numbers...

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Sep 12, 2011

The sovereignty of this Nation is very, very important to me.

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Sep 12, 2011

When you see statistics, such as a backlog of 1.6 million people have overstayed their visas in the United States...

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Jul 19, 2011

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for that. Folks, reforms like a balanced budget amendment, coupled with spending caps and significant spending cuts, are the types of revolutionary reforms that can prevent our children and grandchildren…

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Jul 12, 2011

We're about out of time. I just wanted to thank my colleagues for understanding and expressing very clearly that we have the resources in this country to meet our energy needs. We need to put America back to work, harvesting those as a…

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Jul 12, 2011

What would happen if we had a hurricane? We're in hurricane season, and we've released 30 billion gallons from the reserve. Wasn't that there for that purpose?

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Jul 11, 2011

It says the United States shall guarantee every State in this Union a republican form of government...

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Jul 11, 2011

I want to commend the gentlewoman from Texas for acknowledging the facts that we do have a problem...

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Jul 6, 2011

I realize that the tunnels are mainly used for smuggling drugs. That is the most profitable thing.

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Jul 6, 2011

In July of last year, we had the first IED explode in this hemisphere just south of the Mexican border.

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May 24, 2011

I am very alarmed that our administration is not identifying who our enemy is.

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May 23, 2011

They said they'd talk with Attorney General Wilson and the other attorneys general, but they said, We're going to do it in secret. We're going to do it in secret. They demanded secret meetings, made threats, and they attacked the right to…

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