John Barrasso Quotes
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The whole future, I think, of Wyoming and the economy has to do with coal and our clean coal technology, and we're going to have the ability here in Wyoming to deal with all of the things of this so-called climate change.
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EPA has a long history of relying on science that was not created by the agency itself. This often means that the science is not available to the public and, therefore, cannot be reproduced and verified.
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In an agreement with China, President Obama has already pledged to reduce America's net greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 25% by 2025. In return, China has agreed to 'peak' its carbon-dioxide emissions in 2030.
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As Secretary of State, we need someone with sound judgment, ask tough questions, and should not be willing to just read talking points.
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Instead of giving preference to oil imported from overseas, Washington should look to North American coal, oil shale and oil sands, all of which provide an affordable, abundant and alternative source of fuel. In addition to increasing cost effectiveness options for the government, it will also increase America's energy security.
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Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about our country's immigration policy; it is not something that the president gets to decide on his own.
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Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.
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Each and every day, more people pay the price of Obamacare's mountain of mandates. As I travel across the country, I continue to hear from Americans who want Washington to take its hands off of their healthcare.
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I'm child of immigrants.
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Energy is called 'the master resource' for a reason.
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You just never know what the Supreme Court is going to do.
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The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.
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My dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration when I was 8. We come every time, Republican and Democrat, because of this great country.
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Whenever Washington makes a one-size-fits-all decision, it doesn't work in states all around the country.
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Most Americans want their government to be smaller, not larger; they want their taxes to be lower, not higher.
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There are billions of barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf. There is even more in Alaska. There is enough oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West alone to power America for the next hundred years. The Democrats say all this American energy is off limits.
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The Constitution is clear, Article I, Section 8, power vetted in Congress to declare war. If you go back to the founding documents of this nation, the decision of going to war was to be made by people closest to the ground - the elected officials - to make those decisions.
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America is facing a looming shortage of doctors, nurses, and physicians' assistants.
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For 25 years practicing medicine, I never asked anybody if they were a Republican or a Democratic or an independent and asked if they had insurance or not. I took care of everybody.
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Carrying a concealed weapon is a sign of self-defense, self-protection, and I think it lowers crime.
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For people who don't know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming. I've been chief of staff of the largest hospital in our state. My wife is a breast cancer survivor.
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We need to focus on getting people back to work, focus on jobs, the economy, the debt and the spending. That's what will improve the quality of life for American families and for hard-working taxpayers.
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Building power plants would do more to lift people out of poverty than the Green Climate Fund ever will.
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Russia's actions in Syria are not the only reasons to distrust Mr. Putin. Moscow has opposed attempts by the U.N. in November 2011 to increase sanctions against Iran for its illicit nuclear program.