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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

I will commit to working with the Chancellor and the new governing coalition to increase the pace at which Germany moves to meet its commitments to NATO.

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Jan 2, 2017

I think that is a legitimate discussion point, in terms of where these activities are best carried out.

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Jan 2, 2017

There is no real reason to be building islands and militarizing and changing the law of the air and law of the sea.

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Jan 2, 2017

Often, there is a wide gulf between U.S. foreign policy actions and how they are perceived around the world.

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Jan 2, 2017

I think one of the more destructive aspects and really harms our ability to sell foreign aid to the public is when funds are abused.

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Jan 2, 2017

you either spend it here or give me 10 times more for bullets.

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Jan 2, 2017

Mark's exemplary character and unique qualifications make him an inspired choice to lead USAID into the future.

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Jan 2, 2017

Brexit is going to be complicated. It is going to be a complicated series of agenda items going forward.

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Jan 2, 2017

the world does not get better if America recedes into the shadows.

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Jan 2, 2017

Being Ambassador of the United States to these nations is a critical job. You need to represent American values to those countries, but it is also important that you recognize you have to represent their viewpoint back to the United States.

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Jan 2, 2017

I commend President Trump on five, I think, very qualified decent human beings that are going to be America's representatives as Ambassadors to these nations.

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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

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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Jan 2, 2017

I think America has been a phenomenal force for good in the world.

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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

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

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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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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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Sep 26, 2016

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

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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 26, 2016

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

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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

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 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

The truth of the matter is, the reason I decided to run for the U.S. Senate was because of the health care law.

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