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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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Dec 19, 2019

Today, I rise in strong opposition to this partisan bill that would give millionaires and billionaires a tax cut and do nothing to help the middle class. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brought prosperity throughout the Nation and to people of…

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Dec 19, 2019

I am in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Rice of South Carolina moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5377 to the Committee on Ways and Means with…

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Dec 19, 2019

My motion to recommit is very simple. Despite the terms of the underlying bill, it would retain the $10,000 cap on the SALT deduction only for tax returns where the people earn more than $100 million a year. This would produce about $7…

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Dec 19, 2019

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to recommit H.R. 5377 will be followed by 5- minute votes on: Passage of H.R…

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Nov 20, 2019

for some unknown reason, with this expensive concrete paver system they have put down for the flooring and with these higher railings, they don't allow you access to the outside, which is ridiculous

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Nov 20, 2019

for some reason we are okay with rat poop all over the office and all over our desk and in our drawers

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Nov 20, 2019

with a thousand dollar a square foot price tag, cannot seem to be working

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Nov 20, 2019

it is completely absurd that we would consider paying $1,000 a square foot for renovation and have to deal with this kind of nonsense

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Nov 20, 2019

the renovation of the Cannon Office Building cost $725 million, which is an absurd price.

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Nov 20, 2019

if we had allowed these things to occur in these things that we were renting to the Federal Government, they would have first moved out and, second, sued me for providing inadequate space

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Nov 20, 2019

If I ran my office buildings the way the Architect of the Capitol is running these office buildings, I wouldn't have any tenants, and I would be fired.

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