So, the point I’m making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it’s the job of every congressman and senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
JIM DEMINTToo many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.
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But my bill, the Drill Now Act, would actually expedite the whole process, let the Interior Department move ahead quicker… It would stop the radical environmental lawyers from delaying for years with frivolous lawsuits the leasing of the property.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world’s religions.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society’s most vulnerable.
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We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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The Tea Party doesn’t like politicians.
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It’s a terrible thing to do.
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