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Dan Crenshaw

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Dan Crenshaw is an American politician and former Navy SEAL officer currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Crenshaw has focused on issues such as national security, veterans' affairs, and economic policy during his time in office. He gained national attention for his advocacy on military and foreign policy matters, leveraging his military background to inform his legislative priorities.

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Apr 25, 2023

I am proud to partner with Congresswoman Clarke on bipartisan legislation to create a fully paid-for, 2-year solution to Medicaid DSH funding.

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Apr 18, 2023

There is no debating the threat the cartels pose.

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Apr 18, 2023

After assault-style weapons were used to kill 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, 23 people in El Paso (including eight Mexicans) and 26 in Sutherland Springs--all in his home State of Texas--Crenshaw opposed requiring background checks…

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Apr 18, 2023

Mr. Secretary, this budget proposal is an insult to every American.

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Apr 18, 2023

These men and women are proud to fulfill their duty to secure our border, and they do this with no thanks, no support, and no recognition from your administration.

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Apr 18, 2023

Mr. Secretary, every time you fail to acknowledge this is a crisis, you lose even more credibility with the men and women of DHS.

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Apr 18, 2023

Last month, this committee held a hearing in McAllen wherein Chief Ortiz stated under oath that DHS does not have the operational control of our borders.

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Apr 18, 2023

Secretary Mayorkas, your reckless border policies are enriching the drug cartels, and these cartels are laughing in our face.

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Mar 29, 2023

I have a brief response to the gentleman's remarks. This does not change at all the Safe Drinking Water Act that the EPA regulates. All it says is there is a timeline for that primacy application. It can always be denied within that…

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Mar 22, 2023

If the CCP tells ByteDance to turn over all data that TikTok has collected inside the U.S., even within Project Texas, do they have to do so, according to Chinese law?

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Mar 22, 2023

China's 2017 national intelligence law states very clearly that 'any organization or citizen shall support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work in accordance with the law.'

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Mar 22, 2023

Your parent company is ByteDance, right?

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Mar 22, 2023

TikTok is able to collect massive amounts of personal data. We all know that.

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Feb 14, 2023

More Americans died just in 2021 from fentanyl than the entire Vietnam War.

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Feb 14, 2023

We're working on legislation together for the authorization of military force against the cartels because they are a military force.

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Feb 14, 2023

This is a poisoning problem, and it is poisoning almost 80,000 Americans a year, and it is coming from two specific organizations: the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel.

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Feb 14, 2023

We have a common enemy in the Mexican drug cartels.

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Feb 14, 2023

This is a field hearing on the border because fentanyl comes across the southern border.

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Feb 6, 2023

I mean, we are fighting for the disenfranchised here, for people who can't afford to fill up their tanks, and yet all but guaranteeing that they can't do so for almost no benefit.

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Jan 30, 2023

Provide energy to the American people that fits three criteria: reliable, affordable, and clean.

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Sep 28, 2022

Although I did notice that in the final hours of passing this bill, everyone basically agreed that this was not about reducing inflation, and instead it began being branded as a climate and energy bill.

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Sep 28, 2022

I would argue that it is not. Fundamentally, this bill took a bunch of taxpayer money, about $257 billion to be exact, and it invested it in intermittent energy sources, solar and wind to be exact.

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Sep 24, 2022

I'm not going to tell President Trump not to run or say that it's even not in the best interests of our party. Everybody who wants to run should. He should give the people that choice.

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Aug 21, 2022

Haven't seen any evidence that he was even asked, that Trump was even asked to get these documents back.

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