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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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Mar 21, 2016

I am very concerned that earlier this year--just in January, actually--the IMF board replaced it with significant new loopholes that will allow that to continue.

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Mar 21, 2016

This isn't the documents that we requested. This is public information you are just throwing our way...

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Mar 21, 2016

I have stated before that the Treasury Department should resist the urge to push the IMF towards any more bailouts of Greece.

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Mar 21, 2016

We have asked you to provide employees of Treasury--Anne Wall, Randall DeValk, Priya Aiyar, Patrick Pinschmidt--and you have refused to allow them to come and be interviewed by this committee.

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Mar 15, 2016

If you want to talk about recordings in Watergate, you could send hours of recordings, days of recordings, but if you miss a few minutes, it is those that are relevant.

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Mar 15, 2016

The letter also noted the lengthy historical precedent in favor of arbitral dispute resolution, which assists in streamlining the American judicial system.

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Mar 15, 2016

If you want to be open and transparent, do it here.

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Mar 15, 2016

Working is easy. Give us the documents. Send them to us. Send us what we asked for.

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Mar 15, 2016

I know that you know what I am talking about in regard to this report, and you know that you didn't send us these documents.

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Mar 15, 2016

It gives us great concern that a number of our subpoenas go back several years and there has been a lack of compliance.

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Mar 14, 2016

I appreciate the gentleman's yielding, and I am grateful for all of your work, Congressman Fortenberry, Congressman Vargas, and Congresswoman Eshoo. Sometimes people look at this House and think that all we do is fight and disagree. I am…

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Mar 1, 2016

I think what America sees is Donald Trump as a manure spreader.

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Mar 1, 2016

I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma for yielding. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize Second Lieutenant Ellen Ainsworth of the Seventh District of Wisconsin for her bravery, sacrifice, and service to her country during World War II…

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Feb 24, 2016

I think in this institution, some of us might get concerned, because I don't think the original drafters of the Environmental Protection Agency might have foreseen that they could have stretched and pulled the EPA into the Clean Power…

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Feb 24, 2016

I do think it is reasonable to treat Puerto Rico differently than a State. It is not a State. It is a territory.

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Feb 24, 2016

We are into that big debate now about how big this should be.

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Feb 11, 2016

May I ask the chairman how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 5 seconds remaining.

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Feb 11, 2016

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 21, strike ``and''. Page 4, line 25, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 4, after…

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Feb 11, 2016

I would just note that this bill guarantees that we pay our debt. That is exactly what this bill does. So I would note that the Democrats are making the argument for me. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock)…

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Feb 11, 2016

I would just note that $800 billion from ObamaCare to Medicare came from Democrats; $250 billion a year in interest goes to China. Let's balance the budget. I would love to see the Democrats' plan to balance. I yield back the balance of my…

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Feb 11, 2016

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. amendment no. 6 offered by mr. messer The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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Feb 11, 2016

I thank the gentleman from Texas for all of his good work on this legislation. Mr. Chairman, as all of us know in this institution and around the country, we are $19 trillion in debt. We borrow around $3.8 billion a day, and we spend about…

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Feb 10, 2016

It is justified to go after those who are regulated and innocent by virtue of the statement he issued.

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Feb 10, 2016

I can tell you, because I am living this dream 24/7 in my industry, it would be great if you would back off a little bit and realize that consumers actually know better and the private sector can create the competition, create the…

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Feb 10, 2016

I was extremely disappointed by the President's statement.

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