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“Great Britain has long been one of our strongest friends in the free world.”
“Some of the school districts in my congressional district are looking at resource officers and how they secure that environment.”
“This majority is working for America, and one of those ways is we have tremendously low unemployment. This economy has created millions of new jobs, and we are expecting growth this first quarter of somewhere higher than 4 percent.”
“We don't want the federal government to shut down. It is so inappropriate, and it is not respectful of the people that have sent us here to do our jobs.”
“Women are the primary healthcare consumers in the country. 80 percent of all healthcare decisions are made by women.”
“What's the top area of concern? What's the top issue? National security. That is what people think about night. 'Are my children going to be safe? Am I going to be safe when I'm out and about in the community?'”
“We know that working with small businesses to create jobs will do more to help our economy than anything the Obama Administration has tried to do.”
“The American people have made it abundantly clear that they want less government, not more. They want problems solved in a bipartisan manner, not the creation of new problems.”
“I support safeguarding users' personally identifiable information and sensitive data like health or financial records. I also believe the government has a responsibility to punish deceptive and unfair practices that defy reasonable expectations about consumers' privacy.”
“You never look silly when you're defending the American people and their pocketbook.”
“We must be certain that we all realize that our enemy is not an enemy that is located in one single place. There are terrorist cells all around the globe.”
“Citizens United fought to defend our right to free speech - and won a great victory in the United States Supreme Court.”
“We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.”
“Inserting the FCC into our states' economic and fiscal affairs sets a dangerous precedent and violates state sovereignty in a manner that warrants deeper examination.”
“Even the president's own Science and Technology Office head Mister Holdren says no one single weather event is due specifically to climate change.”
“On energy, we should be exploring for domestic sources of energy.”
“An overly expansive virtual 'toll' for the Internet that blocks consumers' and competitors' access to the e-commerce superhighway is not the right answer.”
“We have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back.”
“While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President's proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds required.”
“Being Speaker of the House is a really tough spot.”