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“Medicaid is a deeply flawed program.”
“I first learned of the value of employee stock ownership plans while representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, home of employee-owned Acadian Ambulance.”
“I operated on too many people who could have avoided surgery if they'd simply made healthier choices earlier in life.”
“The TPP supports economic growth and job creation in America while expanding access for American goods and services in the Asia-Pacific region.”
“It is my responsibility to ensure the Internal Revenue Service respects the Constitutional rights of all Americans while enforcing the nation's laws.”
“I want to be influential as a legislator.”
“Too often, patients without a primary doctor go to expensive hospital emergency rooms for nonurgent care.”
“It is an honor to join my former colleague in Congress, Jim McCrery, and the very talented team at Capitol Counsel.”
“We need to make sure people continue to have access to retirement plans because everyone deserves the opportunity to retire with dignity and financial independence.”
“The tax code's complexity adds enormous costs to families and businesses across the country and takes nothing short of an army of federal bureaucrats to enforce.”
“Working together, we can help Americans get back on their feet and make businesses more competitive to allow them to hire and expand again and revitalize our economy. It requires Republicans and Democrats working in a bipartisan way, though.”
“This federal welfare system is large, fragmented, and growing in cost. This system may have started out with good intentions, but it has become a confusing maze of programs that are overlapping, duplicative, poorly coordinated and difficult to administer.”
“The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.”
“If employed by employee stock ownership plan companies, working Americans can spend less time worrying about job security and retirement savings and enjoy a clearer path to prosperity.”
“Having witnessed the success of Acadian Ambulance firsthand over the years, I became a champion for the employee stock ownership plan business model. This was easy to do based on the evidence that employee stock ownership plans are reliable, high-performing sources of retirement security.”
“I want to dig in before I finish with a career here in Congress - be known as someone who was a really serious legislator, who had really good ideas and was willing to work across the aisle to get broad consensus to solve some of these problems the country is facing.”
“American workers need a common-sense plan to make small businesses and entrepreneurs competitive again - not simply more government spending.”
“Having more customers means nothing if America's small businesses cannot obtain the required capital to support their exports in the competitive international markets.”
“The United States cannot achieve significant economic growth without expanding exports.”
“Before we start making blanket statements about abolishing the IRS, I think it's important to focus on what the tax code for the 21st century should look like.”