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Ron Johnson

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Ron Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, healthcare reform, and government accountability during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an outspoken advocate for reducing the federal deficit and has often emphasized the need for economic growth through private sector initiatives.

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Jan 2, 2017

You have to sit down at a negotiating table with people and negotiate in good faith.

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Jan 2, 2017

Is it really true that a majority of Palestinians are being held hostage and would really like a peaceful coexistence with the Israeli State?

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Jan 2, 2017

We cannot continue to incentivize this behavior. It is entirely self-defeating to the Palestinians, to Israel, to the entire world.

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Nov 29, 2016

I do not think we have built the type of fencing that is actually working.

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Nov 29, 2016

So, what you can take away from this hearing is, you will have support for those initiatives--and the sooner the better.

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Nov 29, 2016

I think we will have an incoming Administration that will be definitely dedicated and committed to securing the border.

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Nov 29, 2016

A better wall works. And, it also will help relieve the personnel issues, too.

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Sep 26, 2016

My concern, when all is said and done, with what Secretary Clinton did, is that, by not prosecuting anybody in this case, we really do signal that we have a two-tiered justice system here.

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Sep 26, 2016

So, if you are not using that classified system, you are mishandling classified material?

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Sep 26, 2016

In your press conference, you said that no reasonable prosecutor would bring this case.

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Sep 26, 2016

The general feeling is, America has not led enough to actually accomplish the goal that President Obama laid out 2 years ago, which is to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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Sep 26, 2016

If you mishandle classified material, you can put people's lives at risk.

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Sep 21, 2016

This is the second hearing we are holding on issues related to a bill I introduced called 'Right to Try.'

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Sep 14, 2016

I agree with you that such a radical departure from the FTC's successful framework makes no sense.

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Sep 14, 2016

That would return choice to the American public.

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Sep 14, 2016

Let the States define what insurance is--let the States regulate.

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Sep 14, 2016

Eliminate the individual mandate and return a little freedom to Americans.

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Sep 14, 2016

It was pretty obvious, politically, that a number of the more harmful provisions of Obamacare were implemented in delayed fashion.

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Sep 14, 2016

I cannot tell you how many doctors in Wisconsin told me they are retiring early.

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Sep 14, 2016

Competition was supposed to flourish, right?

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Sep 14, 2016

I called ACA--Obamacare--the greatest assault on our freedoms in a lifetime.

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Sep 14, 2016

They would have just sucked it up and said, 'We made a mistake.'

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Sep 14, 2016

But, I guess when it is passed by the Federal Government--I guess that becomes legal consumer fraud.

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Sep 14, 2016

They have to call a Federal bureaucrat and ask for permission in order to get that done.

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Sep 14, 2016

We had to delay the end of our 'high-risk pool' by several months, because of the disastrous rollout.

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