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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.

Quotes by year · 1997–2022511 total · peak 2013 (154)
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Feb 12, 2019

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act stopped that flow.

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Feb 6, 2019

To say that the President is not complying with the law is an abject falsehood.

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Jan 28, 2019

Well, today, I am telling you, there it is right there, everybody has to pay 230 percent more because of ObamaCare.

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Jan 28, 2019

We could have just said, we are going to expand Medicaid, forget about the rest of the Affordable Care Act, right?

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Jan 28, 2019

So the cost of that, though, was those 85 percent, who were already covered, have to pay more than twice as much to pick up that incremental benefit of the 6 percent more people.

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Jan 28, 2019

Expanding the insured base was one of the goals, and the other goal was to bring the cost down.

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Jan 28, 2019

As you will recall, the President said, you know, if you like your plan, you can keep it, which is clearly a falsehood.

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Jan 28, 2019

The theory of the Affordable Care Act was to provide universal coverage for people, including those who had preexisting conditions...

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Jan 28, 2019

Are they really better off? Do you really believe that?

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May 16, 2018

I think completely--the idea that you would completely identify--I mean eliminate any sort of unique identifier is just not practical.

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Apr 11, 2018

The effects of these tariffs are wide-ranging and will affect folks across our Nation.

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Apr 11, 2018

These tariffs pose a serious risk to our economy and could trigger a trade war, and they may damage our relationship with our key allies.

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Apr 11, 2018

Collin College is now concerned by the tariffs on steel and aluminum, due to the increased cost of construction materials.

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Mar 21, 2018

The American middle class has shrunk, and makes about the same amount of money today as they did in 1990.

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Mar 21, 2018

I believe in free trade, but it has to be fair trade.

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Mar 21, 2018

Nobody denies that the American middle class hasn't suffered because of unfair trade practices.

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Mar 20, 2018

So jobs, wages are what the President is focused on, that's what I am focused on, and I think that this agreement will lead to efficiency, and it will lead to higher wages and more jobs in the United States.

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Mar 20, 2018

I appreciate a man of your experience taking on this job, and it is so important for the American worker.

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Mar 6, 2018

You know, Mr. Larson likes to say that Social Security is a really good insurance policy. It is the most effective insurance policy you can buy.

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Mar 6, 2018

I am making it my goal in the immediate future to try to drag some of these agencies into the 21st century.

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Mar 6, 2018

I think it would definitely affect the 600A wait time. I think it would probably cut down on the need for some of the employees and probably cut down on some of the needs for funding.

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Feb 6, 2018

The primary objective, the basic function of this process is you want people to get disability that they are entitled to, but you have to make sure they are entitled to it.

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Feb 6, 2018

But what I am confused about--I don't mean to badger you, I am sorry, but I just want to understand.

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Jan 29, 2018

When Hurricane Matthew devastated my district in October 2016, I had many constituents contact me, concerned with how they were going to file their tax forms.

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Jan 29, 2018

This legislation would provide for an automatic 30-day reset of any IRS filing deadline that occurs in the wake of a major, major disaster declaration for events such as hurricanes or wildfires.

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