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Tom Rice

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Tom Rice is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district since 2013. Born on August 4, 1957, Rice has focused on issues such as economic development, job creation, and disaster recovery during his time in office. He has been involved in various legislative efforts to support the interests of his constituents in South Carolina, particularly in the areas of tourism and agriculture.

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Mar 24, 2017

I stand in strong support of the American Health Care Act and urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the bill. ObamaCare was built on broken promises. President Obama said you could keep your policy, keep your doctor, and it would bring…

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Mar 24, 2017

The CEO of a major hospital in South Carolina stated, the way it is going right now, it is probably going to implode in the next year or two. Our State's director of insurance, last year, said companies have given their best shot and can't…

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Mar 16, 2017

4 percent of the people of South Carolina have individual policies under ObamaCare. I submit to you that if you have a health insurance policy that pays nothing, with a deductible so high that you can't use it, regardless of the fact that…

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Feb 14, 2017

It seems to me that the way you deal with poverty is you have to do what you can to make sure people have opportunity on the one hand, and then on the other hand you have to do what you can to make sure they take advantage of that…

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Sep 27, 2016

Medicare is certainly a noble and essential program provided by the Federal Government. It is a promise made to our seniors, and we have to make that promise solid and keep it--and make sure it is kept.

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Sep 27, 2016

With $20 trillion in debt, we have to make sure that those dollars are spent wisely.

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Sep 27, 2016

Obviously, we have to eliminate every drop of fraud that we possibly can.

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Sep 20, 2016

We have to offer solutions. I believe it is one of the factors that is holding our economy back.

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Sep 20, 2016

We have got to get the American people aware that you have got to get to work. It is about jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

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Sep 20, 2016

If you talk about reducing the outgo, cutting people's benefits, you make that population angry.

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Sep 20, 2016

We have got less money coming in than going out in the long run, and that money will run out eventually.

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