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Frank Wolf

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Frank Wolf is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 10th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to transportation, education, and human rights. Wolf served on several committees, including the Appropriations Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping federal funding priorities. He was also a strong advocate for religious freedom and international human rights, often focusing on persecuted minorities around the world.

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Mar 21, 2012

But for the grace of God and the access I had to treatment, I would be dead by now from my alcoholism.

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Mar 21, 2012

How much longer can this Nation continue spending $60 billion a year building new prison cells, with minimal return on investment compared to drug courts?

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Mar 21, 2012

I want to thank Members of this committee on both sides of the aisle for supporting $40 million for drug courts in fiscal year 2012.

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Mar 21, 2012

Justice Kennedy anticipated this very thing in his Olmstead writing. He said it would be a tragic event...

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Mar 21, 2012

In closing, I want to thank you, Chairman Wolf and Mr. Fattah, for your personal commitment to crime prevention.

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Mar 21, 2012

The Congress and the Administration have allowed gambling to take place, it has almost enabled them.

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Mar 21, 2012

I think the Congress has fundamentally and this Administration and previous Administrations have failed the American Indians.

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Mar 21, 2012

We need to deal with the front end and stop sending so many people to prison.

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Mar 21, 2012

Gambling is fundamentally exploitation of the poor.

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Mar 21, 2012

I think it is morally, ethically wrong. It is an exploitation of the poor.

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Mar 7, 2012

The prospectus for NSF's replacement headquarters lease was approved by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday, March 8, 2012.

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Mar 6, 2012

I also helped to establish an organization in my congressional district called Operation UNITE, standing for Unlawful Narcotics, Investigations, Treatment, Education.

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Mar 6, 2012

We all recognize that this problem will require a coordinated multi-pronged approach that incorporates law enforcement, treatment, education, and research.

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Mar 4, 2012

I think Michael needs to seriously indicate to his colleagues in the State Department that he's ready to resign if those 33 are deported.

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Mar 4, 2012

The arbitral award shall contain a statement of the reasons on which it is based and shall be accepted by the parties as the final adjudication of this dispute.

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Mar 4, 2012

The United Nations has the right to access those refugees the second they cross the Tumen River, and the obligation to insist upon it.

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Feb 29, 2012

I worry a little bit about we are a nation of laws.

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Feb 29, 2012

Ronald Reagan said that the words in the Constitution ratified in Philadelphia were really words for the entire world.

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Feb 29, 2012

Jeff Immelt has a responsibility to create jobs here in the United States.

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Feb 29, 2012

The Catholic Church is just being persecuted.

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Feb 29, 2012

I think everyone should go to the Holocaust Museum and go to Dachau.

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Feb 29, 2012

There becomes a moral issue surrounding this.

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Feb 29, 2012

There is a certain patriotism that I think the American people expect.

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Feb 29, 2012

Was any of that technology funded by American taxpayers that they are now going to be using to create jobs in----

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