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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 2, 2015

For me this--we are looking like the old Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Cuba, and we are using the banking sector to go after industries we don't like.

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Mar 2, 2015

I receive Social Security direct deposit, and since this is a fixed income, there are months in which I need the overdraft protection...

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Feb 10, 2015

Is there any correlation between the fact that in the crisis it is Hispanics and African-Americans you see getting hurt?

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Feb 10, 2015

I hope that Mr. Cordray would agree with you that he is trying to protect consumers.

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Feb 10, 2015

But that is our point. You are in violation of the law. You should do everything you can to get into compliance with the law.

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Feb 2, 2015

For me, I want that to be my choice as a parent. And you know what? I know my kids best. I know what morals and values are right for my children and I think we should not have an oppressive state telling us what to do.

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Jan 26, 2015

We appreciate, because we don't always think that laws and statutes are followed.

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Jan 26, 2015

The best affordable housing program is a healthy economy, not a doubling down on failed Obama economics and certainly not more risky housing schemes from Washington.

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Jan 26, 2015

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome again, Mr. Watt.

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Jan 13, 2015

They were not included. It was only in the final rule that we realized that CLOs were so dangerous. This is a political ploy. Join the American people, join common sense, and join some of your fellow Democrats. Let's support this reform…

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Jan 13, 2015

I listened to the ranking member talk about this bill tonight and you would think the sky is falling if this CLO portion of our package is passed. The problem with that argument is that 53 of the Democrats on the Financial Services…

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Dec 10, 2014

First I want to commend the chairman of the Financial Services Committee for his tenacity and hard work to make sure the American taxpayer is protected, on the hook just a little bit less for the next terrorism attack that could happen in…

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Nov 17, 2014

I think there is a desire within this institution to figure out how we get immigration reform done.

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Nov 17, 2014

So a quick question on DACA. This was executive action from the President. Right? Is that correct?

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Nov 17, 2014

The U.S. taxpayer is very generous and wants to help the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras find a path to peace and prosperity in their respective countries.

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Nov 17, 2014

Using this crisis to attempt to create favor for sheer political gain is wrong.

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Nov 17, 2014

Unfortunately, the Obama administration continues to incentivize the mass exodus of citizens from those countries by changing immigration policy by decree.

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Nov 17, 2014

So if you are someone who is here in the United States and not going to be removed because of executive action, that is good for another 2 years, and they have made this list so they can basically engage in chain migration, bringing family…

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Nov 17, 2014

I want to thank the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Labrador) for yielding, and I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for his kind remarks about my ads, which I know there weren't many positive ads in the Duluth market, but I did have one. So I…

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Nov 12, 2014

on average, seven bombing missions a day compared to what we had previously done in prior engagements seems far too little and somewhat too late.

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Nov 12, 2014

spending $500 million in trying to train 500 'moderate' rebels to take on 40,000 to 80,000 jihadists doesn't seem like a sound strategy to defeat this group of radicals.

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Nov 12, 2014

I wish they would just say, 'We are going to defeat ISIS.'

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Sep 16, 2014

How does everybody vote on FSOC? That isn't even disclosed.

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Sep 16, 2014

Listen, you are not. I would say I love the dance that you have done today, but you are not.

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