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One of my most rewarding congressional duties is nominating future military leaders to study at America's service academies. The exceptional young men and women who receive these coveted nominations earn a top-of-the-line education and the opportunity to serve their country as a military officer.
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We must move aggressively in Asia-Pacific because our competitors like China are moving very swiftly to tie down a regional trade agreement that leaves... our farmers and our workers and our businesses out.
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America's real national security interest in the region is protecting our friend Israel.
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The speakers I value don't just sound intelligent but can boil down complex issues in a clear, understandable way that encourages the public to think about the solutions.
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Dave Camp, in my view, made tax reform inevitable in the sense that he showed you could broaden the base and lower the rates and simplify the code and be competitive around the world and make it more understandable.
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A stronger global hub at Bush means a stronger economic future for Houston.
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Americans have seen the value of the dollar slowly decline due to the steady erosion of inflation.
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To achieve responsible budget savings, government must be retooled with an effective spending-control system.
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There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.
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The global boom in commodities fueled by a debt-financed infrastructure and real-estate bubble in China is over.
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I'm a strong-and-stable-dollar advocate, and the Fed has been moving dangerously away from that mission.
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As the American people have discovered, soaring rhetoric is no substitute for effective leadership on the key issues facing our nation: jobs, runaway spending, and an exploding government debt.
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The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that includes both a stronger economy to generate new tax revenues and bipartisan guardrails, which will help ensure that future presidents and congresses spend within our means.
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America's fiscal future is frightening.
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Our compassion for one another, and our individual actions to help, is what makes our nation - and our community - great.
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I firmly believe Americans are far better off under tax reform than they ever were sticking with this old, messed up, outdated tax code.
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I'm tired of seeing American jobs, manufacturing, and headquarters forced overseas due to a tax code that works against us.
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For decades, American companies, large and small, have been competing with one hand tied behind their backs thanks to our unfair, outdated tax code.
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At the end of the day, Republican-driven tax reform is not only going to be good for the economy and for growth. It's going to be good for middle-class Americans.
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Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.
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The single greatest force for deficit reduction is a growing economy.
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I want to give consumers way more choices in health care. Choice and competition always drive down costs better than central control.
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Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.
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Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.