Steve Scalise Quotes

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Steve Scalise

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 6, 1965

I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country.

Steve Scalise

Especially in the whip operation, you're in constant contact with the members and their chiefs of staff, so having a chief who's approachable and reaches out to other chiefs so people know what's going - know what they're looking for in the policy that comes to the House floor - is incredibly important.

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When building a strong team, you need a strong leader.

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Under President Obama, the IRS formed a committee to aggressively go after churches and other religious organizations using the Johnson Amendment of 1954 to limit their free speech.

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I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty.

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I don't have any records from back in 2002, but when people called and asked me to speak to groups, I went and spoke to groups.

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Paying for disasters and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive.

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People want the Keystone pipeline built all across the country.

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People want smart energy policy.

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As both Republican Study Committee Chairman and Majority Whip, I've made it a top priority to bring openness and inclusiveness into the legislative process so we can bring our dynamic conference together as we advance our agenda.

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I understand from experience that unity is easy to call for, but it takes the right kind of leadership to achieve.

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When you elected me to serve as your Whip, I committed to create an inclusive and open Whip operation - one that didn't just register your objections and move on, but instead actively sought you out and worked to build coalitions that enabled us to advance our agenda on some of the most controversial issues we have faced.

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We're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas.

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We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall.

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We want to build a wall.

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We ought to prioritize national disasters... in a fiscally responsible way.

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Over the years, CBO has been all over the board on healthcare. The only consistent point is they've missed the mark on different pieces. That's the nature of a scorekeeper.

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We're not going to let some unelected bureaucrats in Washington stop us from moving forward with our agenda, but at the end of the day, CBO is not the Holy Grail.

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Obviously, you cannot do full repeal of Obamacare without a 60-vote bill in the Senate, but you can surely gut the law and give people true healthcare freedom with 51 votes in the Senate.

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Our argument is everybody ought to be paying lower rates, and we ought to be focused on growing the economy and rebuilding the middle class.

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