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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).

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Feb 14, 2018

It is important that we have truthful and honest information on the floor. This does not prohibit exams. This doesn't make legal manipulation of the markets. It is still illegal. All we are saying is we have sensitive source code, and if…

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Feb 14, 2018

I thank the chairman for all of his work and support on this legislation, as well as the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill), for which my provision is made part of a larger package. I also thank the gentlemen from Georgia and Illinois, my…

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Feb 5, 2018

Oh, I am surprised about that. And they are going out of business, because they can't comply.

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Feb 5, 2018

You want to talk about Russia and collusion? All you have is the Hilary Clinton campaign and the DNC...

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Feb 5, 2018

To call it crumbs or to call our Tax Code 'Armageddon,' that is out of touch.

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Feb 5, 2018

Mr. Secretary, I thought all those regulations were only for the big banks. Are you saying that Dodd-Frank actually imposed regulations on the small community banks that serve rural America?

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Feb 5, 2018

Here we are at a near 20-year unemployment low, historic lows. African-American unemployment is at an all-time low.

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Feb 5, 2018

Though the other side should be dancing in the streets, they should be dancing in the aisles, they should be applauding; they are not because this is not about people, Mr. Secretary. This is about politics.

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Jan 29, 2018

It is vital that we learn more about these areas to craft solutions to address human trafficking exploitation of our financial systems that are not only effective but are also appropriately tailored.

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Jan 29, 2018

I pledge to work with the Chairwoman and all others of goodwill to see that it is done.

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Jan 16, 2018

This is a unique space where, oftentimes, we would look to the SEC to actually act. Because they haven't acted, I am proud to say I am part of a group in Congress that are willing to act proactively to make sure, again, we are protecting…

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Jan 8, 2018

The extent to which the covered transaction is likely to expose, either directly or indirectly, personally identifiable information, genetic information, or other sensitive data of United States citizens to access by a foreign government…

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Dec 20, 2017

It goes on to say: Meanwhile, during our latest discussions we were again advised that we could avoid some issues by subscribing to ISS corporate services and thereby have some input before such recommendations are published. Mr. Speaker…

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Dec 20, 2017

I don't know what my friends across the aisle have about maintaining a code of ethics or disclosing potential conflicts of interest or instituting an ombudsman to resolve issues that might come up. This is commonsense stuff. This is good…

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Dec 20, 2017

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding time to me, the chairman of Financial Services, Mr. Hensarling. I appreciate his leadership and stewardship on our committee. Mr. Speaker, I want to get into the bill in a second, but I can't let the…

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Dec 13, 2017

I thought that is what Democrats want: making them more responsive; bringing more competition into the industry; making it better for investors; specifically, again, a bipartisan bill. Republicans and Democrats voted for this legislation…

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Dec 13, 2017

I appreciate the gentleman yielding me this time. Before I get to my bill, if I could just address a few points that have been brought up in this debate, which I am surprised at the fact that the Rules Committee doesn't actually talk about…

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Dec 5, 2017

If the Government is involved, we need to make it affordable for taxpayers too.

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Dec 5, 2017

We are developing new and better approaches that take into account the realties we face today and pave the way for a better tomorrow.

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Dec 5, 2017

One might even say that the risk management strategy was, quote, 'If something goes wrong, the taxpayers will pony up,' unquote.

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Nov 28, 2017

the system was broken, and it broke our whole economy. It broke American families.

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Nov 14, 2017

I want to thank Chairman Hensarling for all his good and relentless hard work on this bill. I appreciate his tenacity. I want to thank Mr. Blumenauer for the comments that he just made. The two of us had not worked together on a lot of…

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Nov 14, 2017

I want to thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding. First, I want to make a comment about how this process has gone in coming up with this compromise with the amendment on the flood insurance package. We have worked in the Financial…

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Nov 9, 2017

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Emmer, my colleague and friend from the neighboring State of Minnesota, for offering such a commonsense piece of legislation. I frequently hear horror stories of fraud and abuse…

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Nov 9, 2017

I would ask all of my colleagues to stand together. Let's not play partisanship with the smallest businesses in our communities, the ones that we both agree create jobs. This is a time for unity. Let's work together, especially when it is…

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