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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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Mar 24, 2021

We will fight you appropriately and respectfully as you try to rearrange America in a fashion that I think is contrary to what we stand for as a country.

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Mar 24, 2021

What Senator Sanders does not get, in my view, is that most people who are struggling to make it out there would like to be wealthy and do not resent people who are wealthy who have done it right and fairly.

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Mar 24, 2021

This is not a Trump problem. This is a Biden problem. Trump brought order to chaos. This will be the Achilles heel the undoing of the Biden administration will be their immigration policies.

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Mar 24, 2021

For us to get out of debt, we are going to have to adjust entitlement spending and maybe revenue generation, too.

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Mar 24, 2021

I think it is about $30 trillion. I cannot remember. But, you know, it is a fraction of what you would need to get us out of debt, is my question.

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Mar 24, 2021

If Senator Sanders gets his way, it is going to be hard for corporations to remain competitive in our country.

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Mar 24, 2021

This insatiable desire by my friends on the left to grab as much money and power as they can is going to ruin the country.

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Mar 24, 2021

Is it true that about 30 percent-plus of Americans pay no income tax?

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Mar 24, 2021

Okay. Let us see if we can get a baseline of understanding about whether all these numbers are accurate or not.

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Mar 24, 2021

Tax policy is job policy. The way you structure your Tax Code is going to determine how competitive you can be vis-a-vis the rest of the world.

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Mar 22, 2021

Eventually, it`s going to be a national security crisis, because there are children today, but there could easily be terrorists tomorrow.

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Mar 21, 2021

This is about expanding the Senate map.

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Mar 18, 2021

I demand that the Justice Department open a federal criminal investigation immediately since obviously this affidavit proved that the entire election in Pennsylvania was fraudulent and the whole state was stolen for Biden.

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Mar 17, 2021

Here`s what Biden needs to understand. If you go to the talking filibuster, we will take the floor to stop H.R.1. I would talk until I fell over to make sure that we don`t go to ballot harvesting and voting by mail without voter I.D. I…

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Mar 17, 2021

If you go to the talking filibuster, we will take the floor to stop H.R.1. I would talk until I fell over to make sure that we don’t go to ballot harvesting and voting by mail without voter I.D.

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Mar 16, 2021

One thing we will agree on is that you believe this. You have been the most consistent voice I think in the country over a long period of time on issues like this.

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Mar 16, 2021

Have we let too much power consolidate in the hands of Big Tech?

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Mar 16, 2021

Do you worry that if our tax rates are out of line on the corporate side with the rest of the world, that we will incentivize American companies maybe to leave?

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Mar 10, 2021

Eventually, it`s going to be a national security crisis because their children today could easily be terrorists tomorrow.

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Mar 9, 2021

They`re children today but they could easily be terrorists tomorrow. As embarrassing and as painful it would be for Biden administration. They need to understand that what Trump did on the border worked

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Mar 9, 2021

There’s something about Trump. There’s a dark side and there’s some magic there. What I’m trying to do is just harness the magic.

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Mar 9, 2021

To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between a Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum. I mean, it’s just this bigger than life deal.

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Mar 8, 2021

There’s something about Trump. There’s a dark side and there’s some magic there. And what I’m trying to do is just harness the magic. He could make the republican party something that nobody else I know could make. He could make it bigger…

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Mar 8, 2021

There`s something about Trump. There`s a dark side, and there`s some magic there. What I tried to do is just harness the magic. To me, Donald Trump is sort of a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and PT Barnum.

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Mar 5, 2021

I would like to call up amendment No. 1369, as modified, and ask it be reported by number. Additional Cosponsor I ask that Senator Hagerty be added as cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment, as modified. The…

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