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Secretary Mayorkas, you and I have talked about Title 42 for about 18 months, and I've asked you the question, what happens when Title 42 goes away, and for 18 months you've said we're working on it.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They were trying to speak up for the value of every child, i think it's hard for some people to understand. I don't understand someone that can say a baby's inconvenient, so I'll just kill it because they're inconvenient. And if I want another baby, I'll just make another one. But I'll just kill this one until it's more convenient for me.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Federal spending is what actually spurred this inflation that we're experiencing right now, when Democrats passed their big bill last March, that dropped $2 billion into the economy of federal spending, onto an economy that was already growing, it supercharged our economy and led to the high inflation we have now.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There are ways to be able to do this, and even they have said that in the past we cannot end the legislative filibuster.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Most of the problems we have in this nation right now is not our Constitution. It’s not our founders. It’s that we’re not following those founding principles, and we’re not following through on the Constitution. That’s the real issue in the republic right now, we get back to following founding principles again, and we can have the same advance to the most powerful, most moral military in the world, the strongest economy in the world, and the greatest light, hope, and opportunity for the rest of the world. The world’s counting on us to be able to get this right because they know if we can’t get it right, there’s no chance that they can get it right.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I would be disappointed if we don't allow states to make a decision just based on what the Roe decision was in 1973. It was… such a faulty foundation in its own judicial argument and it created out of whole cloth this viability standard, which was completely arbitrary.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The HHS memo leaked today is the second leaked document out of this administration in a week, which contradicts public statements from now two Cabinet secretaries, and illustrates the absolute disregard this Administration has for the American people.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The memo is correct, I am an outspoken advocate for religious liberty, and I have a very ‘negative reaction’ to this Administration ignoring the First Amendment and failing to protect Americans of conscience.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Joe Biden is Joe Biden. No question about that, are there questions that are still hanging out there ? Yes.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Trump Trump's interesting. I do find some people saying they're trying to out Trump Trump, some people have a belief that conservatism is about who's angriest and who's loudest. I don't think that actually wins Columbus Day ; Columbus Day's a set of ideas that actually wins Columbus Day.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our border patrol agents are doing their best to secure our border, but they need additional barriers, roads, and technology to help keep us safe, instead, President Biden is paying professional construction contractors to babysit metal to the tune of $2 billion and counting, while at the same time we’ve seen a 20-year high number of migrants crossing our open border.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think he should have brought a map of the United States and just said, ‘Here's everything you can't attack,’.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This is, we think, a nearly $2 trillion bill. This is not unreasonable.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I did step in, I did talk to them on Friday, there's no way they can ascertain.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is no loss from him getting the briefings and to be able to do that.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I always do, we have a White House, a Senate GOP and White House -- we have three institutions. If we have got White House and a House negotiating, we are leaving out Senate GOP... and I think we have something to say.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Democrats have put out a proposal. The President is putting out a proposal. We're going to put out a proposal from the Senate, those will all be combined. And we will try to get good legislation done.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Oklahoma has lost a tremendous leader, and I lost a great friend today. Senator Coburn was an inspiration to many in our state and our nation. Senator Coburn was unwavering in Senator Coburn conservative values, but Senator Coburn had deep and meaningful friendships with people from all political and personal backgrounds. Senator Coburn was truly respected by people on both sides of the aisle.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think that has the greatest bang for the buck to be able to keep people employed. A one-time check that comes to someone is not as significant as knowing my job is going to be there.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have all seen this coming for the last three months. On September 24 when Speaker Pelosi announced impeachment, we all assumed that Speaker Pelosi wouldn't have started it unless she already knew she had the votes, my guess is there is less angst in Washington, DC, than there is in the rest of the country because we've all known where this was going.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's a handful of people who have been here before, seen impeachment up close and personally. It's not a theory for them. There's only been two of these (previously) in the history of the country and they were in one of them.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
He's very passionate about his faith. It's very, very personal to him and it shows, and he's not afraid to talk about that, he's comfortable enough in his faith to be able to talk about it personally and to be able to say at times,' It's a tough decision. I'm going to pray that through.' And that's pretty rare around this place.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Turkey is an important NATO ally and willing partner in addressing a number of U.S. national security priorities, it's concerning that Turkey would seek close defense cooperation with Russia, whose authoritarian ruler seeks to undermine NATO and U.S. interests at every turn.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Not OK with that, we need to get Senate-confirmed people in those positions.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The problem is not owning an AR-15, it’s the person who owns it.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The American people should be confident that when agencies regulate, they rely on up-to-date, accurate, and unbiased information.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
What changes might be needed in the tax code in the days ahead, to be able to adjust in what scenario.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We ca n’t afford to ignore the debt and deficit issues, to me, the big issue is how are we dealing with debt and deficit, do we have realistic numbers and is there a backstop in the process just in case we don’t.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
If we can get everybody together at one time, I think we can do this.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
He didn't turn those documents over, so we have subpoenaed those documents, we do expect them to be delivered to us.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I can't imagine it's less than six weeks of a process for us, to just be able to go through the basics of it.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
In fact they are treating the United States government with contempt and paying no price for it.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
While we're dealing with voting rights, and we're dealing with all these other inequities, and we're dealing with all of these other things over decades, we've still not finished the work of the heart and of families.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
It doesn't cost anything, there's no program, there's no website, there's not app for it. It's just your family inviting another family over.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Sunday is a significant day for most families in America -- still, in whatever way with their families, or faith or whatever it may be, and we said, 'If you want to be part of the solution for race in America, set aside lunch or dinner and just invite a family over of another race, and just sit down and have a meal together.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
There seemed to be this dichotomy that was growing which you can either be for the police or what was happening in the black community, but you couldn't be both, and our response was no, you can be.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
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