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Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she previously represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 7, 2003, to January 3, 2019. Blackburn has been an advocate for conservative policies, focusing on issues such as healthcare, tax reform, and technology regulation. She has been vocal on various national issues, often emphasizing her commitment to protecting individual liberties and promoting economic growth.

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Nov 13, 2012

But it was clear that it was a repeat violation, isn't that correct?

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Sep 20, 2012

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his good work on this piece of legislation. Mr. Chair, there is a war being waged on energy and on coal in this country. But it's not coming from another country; it is coming from our own…

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Sep 12, 2012

We know what is coming toward us, what innovators are bringing to the marketplace very soon.

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Sep 11, 2012

spectrum. That is crucial. Broadband, crucial. We still have too many rural areas of the country where people aren't able to take advantage because they don't have the broadband connections, the issue of broadband adoption.

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Sep 11, 2012

We are appalled. We are appalled.

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Sep 11, 2012

Sir, my time has expired, but I would offer that you fixed them after you were embarrassed, and you fixed them 2 years too late.

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Sep 11, 2012

Just making sure that when we look at any of these policies that we look at them through the prism of will this continue this movement toward job creation and economic activity or will there be unintended consequences.

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Sep 11, 2012

You are charged with the responsibility of protecting these facilities, and we are charged with conducting the appropriate oversight for this.

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Sep 11, 2012

See, it just seems incomprehensible that you could have said we have this report, we are doing this review, we have these problems, the problems are not fixed, are not fixed to completion.

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Sep 11, 2012

what is exciting about this app economy is that it is not only having great benefits in the commercial sector, it is having terrific benefits from a social innovation perspective where it is helping with health care.

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Sep 11, 2012

I think not only did you have a security breach, but you have now what you are seeing is a breach of the public trust in that area.

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Sep 11, 2012

I thank the chairman for that, and Madam Chairman, I thank you for the hearing today.

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Aug 1, 2012

Today the Obama Administration is following through on their HHS mandate that violates religious freedom as today begins the date where the rule goes into effect. 24 separate lawsuits across the country have been filed representing 76…

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Jul 24, 2012

I thank the gentleman from California for the time. And I want to commend the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) for his excellent work on this issue. Recently, I had a constituent say to me in a townhall meeting they thought it was time for…

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Jul 24, 2012

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. It was just last month that the administration announced its proposed final lease plan for developing the U.S. offshore energy resources for the next 5 years, 2012-2017. There was a lot of…

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Jul 10, 2012

I thank the chairman for yielding. I stand here today to support the repeal of ObamaCare. Some of you are asking, how many times are we going to do this? We're going to keep at it until we get this legislation off the books. It was a bad…

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Jun 27, 2012

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Each amount made available by this Act…

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Jun 27, 2012

I want to begin by thanking the committee for its extraordinarily hard work in identifying ways to cut spending. All of us hear from our constituents. They want us to reduce what the Federal Government spends, to be wise and proper…

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Jun 27, 2012

I thank the chairman for yielding, and as I said at the beginning, I applaud the committee for the good work they have done. I think when you're broke, though, that what we have to do is say now is the time to make further cuts. And to the…

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Jun 27, 2012

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Tennessee will be postponed. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. McClintock Mr. McCLINTOCK…

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Jun 26, 2012

I think consumers are the best at deciding what they want in content and also in their delivery mechanisms.

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Jun 26, 2012

I hope today is the first step towards all of us coming together with a process to modernize the 1992 Cable Act.

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Jun 20, 2012

I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding the time. I am so pleased, Madam Speaker, that we are pushing forward on some bills that are going to actually create the environment for jobs growth to take place. Of course we know that that…

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