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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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May 10, 2022

If somebody is starving over there, they are not going to just sit around and starve.

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May 10, 2022

Infrastructure really is important to economic development, particularly on the food side.

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May 10, 2022

I want us as a group, Mr. Chairman, to call our allies and say you need to help too.

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May 10, 2022

If people can produce food in their backyard, they really have absolutely no resilience at all.

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May 10, 2022

If you believe in a strong national security to keep America safe, then you have to be involved in addressing world hunger.

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May 10, 2022

The $5 billion helps, but it is not enough by itself.

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May 10, 2022

The amount of money that will be in this supplemental for food and humanitarian assistance is about $5 billion.

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May 10, 2022

What this does is there’ll be a rallying effect for a while where the country says we’re better than this.

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May 10, 2022

He’s misjudged the passion. You know, he plays the TV game and he went too far here. That rally didn’t help, talking about, you know, primarying Liz. He created a sense of revenge.

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May 10, 2022

He`s misjudged the passion, he plays the TV game and he went too far here. That rally didn`t help talking about primarying Liz [Cheney]. He created a sense of revenge.

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May 9, 2022

He's misjudged the passion, he plays the TV game and he went too far here. That rally didn't help, talking about primarying Liz [Cheney]. He created a sense of revenge.

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May 9, 2022

Totally. He'll be maybe the best person to have, right? I mean, how can you get at Joe Biden?

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May 9, 2022

We'll actually come out of this thing stronger. Moments like this reset. People will calm down. People will say, 'I don't want to be associated with that.'

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May 9, 2022

Putin must go. If Putin still standing after all this, then the world is going to be a very dark place.

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May 7, 2022

We are going to win in 2022. Roe v. Wade is not going to change the outcome.

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May 5, 2022

You`re singling out a single company because of your political agenda to socialize this country.

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May 4, 2022

Because that means if you are Boeing in South Carolina and you want to do business with the military you cannot give the other side of the story why unionization may hurt productivity and is not the best way for the worker.

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May 4, 2022

Most troubling to me, as a mother of six young children, is the PRO Act's attack on independent workers.

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May 4, 2022

This is not about righting wrongs, because there is a system to do that. This is about getting an outcome you want.

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May 4, 2022

Maybe people are making a different choice. The number of people joining a union in this country is going way down.

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May 4, 2022

What you have done here today is you have tried and convicted Amazon.

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May 4, 2022

Closing off opportunities for people to work in the way that they want and need may increase union dues but it will not help workers and it will not help the economy grow.

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May 4, 2022

Policies like protecting the Right to Organize Act that prioritized union membership over workers' desires would add to inflation, fail to meet many workers' needs, and ultimately lead to a smaller labor force and lower incomes.

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May 4, 2022

The idea that you can only get a government contract if you promise to be neutral is ridiculous.

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