Political Quotes

Sean Duffy

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 7th District (2011–2019).

Quotes by year · 20112026971 total · peak 2025 (168)
2011: 80 quotes2012: 37 quotes2013: 93 quotes2014: 99 quotes2015: 148 quotes2016: 97 quotes2017: 105 quotes2018: 90 quotes2019: 18 quotes2025: 168 quotes2026: 36 quotes
Jul 11, 2018

I have heard the President boldly call for the elimination of global tariffs. I enthusiastically applaud the President for doing so.

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Jul 11, 2018

Whether you are looking at unemployment, disposable family income, GDP (Gross Domestic Product), small-business optimism, you name it, it is clear that many, if not most, Americans are enjoying the very best economy of their entire…

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Jul 11, 2018

As my constituent Elizabeth from Dallas wrote me, quote, 'I am a metal manufacturer. Since the tariff talks began in February, I have seen major increases, well over 25 percent from steel vendors and the mills. Soon my end users won't be…

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Jul 11, 2018

As my constituent Chris in Mesquite, Texas, wrote me about tariffs, quote, 'I am now facing increased cost in auto parts and housing,' it can't get any closer to home than that.

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Jul 10, 2018

I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5793, the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act. I want to thank Mr. Cleaver. We have worked together on a number of…

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Jul 10, 2018

I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan, who is also a very good friend of mine, for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 4537, the International Insurance Standards Act. I first want to start with thanking the gentleman from Washington…

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Jun 26, 2018

We don't take responsibility for our own actions. We should blame somebody else for our poor behavior and our incitement of violence.

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Jun 26, 2018

We shouldn't measure success--and you always talk about this, Mr. Secretary, don't measure success by how much money we actually spend, but what impact our programs have on people's lives.

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Jun 26, 2018

Bipartisanship can actually happen when we work together and with your participation.

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Jun 25, 2018

Spending money well is really important whether it is on the building side, on the mold side, or on the paint side.

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Jun 25, 2018

A holistic approach over time. This is what the plan looks like. It might take 10 years. It might take 15 years.

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Jun 25, 2018

The fact that we had rooms in this small house that were shut down because they are full of mold.

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Jun 25, 2018

We are not fixing the problem. But when we can't actually answer fundamental questions about how well we are spending our money and the answer to the problem is spend more money, that is a really hard thing for us to process.

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Jun 25, 2018

Let us invest Federal dollars the right way, by restoring safe and healthy housing conditions and dignity to its residents to preserve our public housing infrastructure.

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Jun 25, 2018

I think what we have to do in a bipartisan effort and in collaboration and in consultation with experts like yourselves is figure out a path forward.

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Jun 25, 2018

Shouldn't we develop a plan that says maybe over 10 years or 15 years, we are going to resolve this problem in America.

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Jun 19, 2018

Here are the facts. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, households in the top 20 percent of income earnings will pay 87 percent of the Federal income taxes collected in 2018 compared to 84 percent last year.

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Jun 19, 2018

But as the unions in California are fighting for a $15 minimum wage... it should be right whether you are in the union or not in a union.

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Jun 19, 2018

If we let you keep a little more of your money, I am stealing from him. I am a thief. That is what they believe.

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Jun 19, 2018

But that is what is happening with socialism. I have to tell you--

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Jun 19, 2018

What do you think, Ms. Miles-Olund, when we give you a little tax break and let you keep a little more of your money, what do you do with it?

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Jun 19, 2018

This is a simple debate between American style capitalism, also known as free enterprise, and a collectivist socialist model that has been taken over by the Democrat party.

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Jun 14, 2018

Let's get this done. If we are going to address this crisis, it is the kind of thought process that Mr. Barr has put into this bill of creative thinking, using resources that we have available to us, to help people who are getting crushed…

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Jun 14, 2018

I thank the chairman of the full committee for his support of this fantastic bill that has been offered by Mr. Barr. This is pretty simple stuff. There are 2.2 million vouchers. 2.2 million vouchers. And we are talking about a…

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