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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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Mar 23, 2021

When you're talking about a reliable source of energy, you don't want your hospitals being powered by just wind and solar.

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Mar 23, 2021

If you want to respond to me more, you can actually text me back every once in a while.

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Mar 23, 2021

Let's stop building this straw man argument that Republicans are blaming wind.

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Mar 23, 2021

Texas energy market is not a free market. It's not some Wild West free market.

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Mar 23, 2021

The Texas market design is deregulated just like California, just like New Hampshire, just like many others.

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Mar 23, 2021

Look, I hope that this will be an informed and objective conversation about what problems we need to fix.

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Mar 23, 2021

I think we should also talk about energy justice and reliability for that energy.

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Mar 23, 2021

The only way you get that reliability is through baseload energy--coal, gas, and nuclear.

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Mar 22, 2021

So my bill would allow for 1115 waivers to provide direct primary care to low-income patients and more flexibility through Medicaid.

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Mar 21, 2021

We cannot keep throwing money at things without a better plan to incentivize at least some private investment.

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Mar 21, 2021

When you have an infrastructure plan, you should definitely start by making it easier to build said infrastructure.

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Mar 21, 2021

Look, our main problem with this is, as usual, we are spending lots of money.

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Mar 18, 2021

People trying to get out of poverty, people who can't afford higher electric bills, people who want reliable energy

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Mar 18, 2021

This should be our focus, what works and what doesn't.

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Mar 18, 2021

The solutions are what I am after.

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Mar 1, 2021

This is a great conversation. There is a lot of consensus about the benefits of telehealth.

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Feb 8, 2021

A job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It is about dignity. It is about respect. It is about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, 'Everything will be OK.'

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Jul 21, 2020

Thank you, Administrator Gaynor, for being here and being so patient in the face of what are often disingenuous criticisms and accusations.

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Jul 14, 2020

I want to take the opportunity to let our CBP officers and Border Patrol agents know that we appreciate your service.

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Jul 14, 2020

When this crisis unfolded in early 2019, we were sounding the alarm. It was ignored.

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Jul 14, 2020

The purpose of CBP is, in fact, customs and border protection.

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Jul 14, 2020

The reason is there is overcrowding is many of our policies encourage people to illegally cross the border.

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Jul 14, 2020

Let's be clear. Each of those children who lost their life is absolutely tragic. It is also shameful to try and put the blame on our CBP officers and Border Patrol agents.

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Jul 14, 2020

This hearing appears to be designed, at worst, to drive a false narrative that implies malicious behavior by CBP.

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Jul 14, 2020

I just want to clarify something.

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