Political Quotes

Kristi Noem

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration; formerly Governor of South Dakota (2019–2025).

Quotes by year · 2010–20261,139 total · peak 2025 (582)
2010: 1 quote2011: 36 quotes2012: 22 quotes2013: 53 quotes2014: 66 quotes2015: 49 quotes2016: 83 quotes2017: 26 quotes2018: 7 quotes2020: 9 quotes2021: 32 quotes2022: 11 quotes2023: 44 quotes2024: 73 quotes2025: 582 quotes2026: 45 quotes
Mar 19, 2024

I'm happy to report that we've banned them--and strengthened reporting requirements to identify and stop illegal purchases in the future.

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Mar 19, 2024

I implore you to do your jobs and get it done.

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Mar 19, 2024

They are not an economic competitor anymore. They are an adversary, and we have to acknowledge that.

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Mar 19, 2024

We are only three meals away from a crisis.

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Mar 19, 2024

The farm bill should be designed to help farmers, not environmental extremists.

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Mar 19, 2024

I think that that is a proposal that people are still looking at and having conversations about...

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Mar 19, 2024

Congress passed a bill that does that at the Federal level as well--thank you for following South Dakota's example.

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Mar 19, 2024

Let me be clear. China is buying up our entire food supply chain.

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Mar 19, 2024

Make no mistake, the CCP will do anything to control our food supply.

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Mar 19, 2024

The Chinese Communist Party is not our friend. It is not our partner. It is not our ally. The CCP is our enemy--a rapidly expanding national security threat that cannot be ignored.

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Mar 19, 2024

When we talk about food policy, please talk about it from a national security standpoint.

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Mar 19, 2024

It is incredibly important that we stop China and that we make sure other evil foreign governments don't come in and have the opportunity to buy up land next to these military installations.

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Mar 19, 2024

There is no reason we should allow them to come into our country and buy our land and especially not close to our military installations.

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Mar 19, 2024

Recent media reports show that the largest Chinese holder of American ag land is shipping food and medical supplies to China to be stockpiled by the Chinese military.

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Mar 19, 2024

The farm bill should be designed to help farmers and not environmental extremists.

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Mar 19, 2024

I am looking forward to getting a farm bill done because that is the safety net for our farmers out there.

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Mar 19, 2024

They are buying up our entire food supply chain, and when America can't feed itself and we rely on members of another country to feed us, it becomes a national security issue.

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Mar 19, 2024

The Chinese Communist Party is not our friend, they are not our partner, and they are not our ally. They are our enemy, and they are a rapidly expanding national security threat that can't be ignored.

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Mar 19, 2024

Today, the focus of this Committee is the danger that China poses to American agriculture.

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Mar 19, 2024

It is a treasure for us to be able to do that each and every day.

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Mar 19, 2024

Thank you for caring so passionately for all of our people.

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Mar 14, 2024

I chose the team here at Smile Texas because they're the best.

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Mar 14, 2024

I'm going to be perfect. I'm going to be like bionic woman, right?

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Mar 14, 2024

I will do everything I can to help him win and save this country.

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Feb 22, 2024

So why did all these other people and candidates get into the race? For themselves? For personal benefit? For a spotlight for a period of time? But it did not and it does not strengthen our country if conservatives are not united enough to…

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