Speeches
Floor Remarks on A-PLUS Act
Jul 09 2015
Our education system needs to be reformed not in spite of excessive federal control, but because of it. The A-PLUS Act recognizes this fact, and it takes critical steps to rebuild our education policy around it.
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Conserving Religious Liberty For All
Jun 11 2015
Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be here. Thank you, Matt, for all that you do through Hillsdale’s Kirby Center to advance the cause of liberty in our politics, in our schools, and in our society.
It’s always important—in a free society like ours—to have institutions like Hillsdale College and its Kirby Center that teach and defend the principles that have made us who we are as a nation.
It’s always important—in a free society like ours—to have institutions like Hillsdale College and its Kirby Center that teach and defend the principles that have made us who we are as a nation.
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Principled, Positive, and Proven
Feb 26 2015
Because true conservatism isn’t just about the kind of government we don’t want; it’s about the kind of country we do want.
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It's time to stop delaying democracy
Feb 05 2015
It’s time to stop delaying democracy; it’s time to stop hiding from the American people.
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Protecting Email Privacy
Feb 04 2015
The Lee-Leahy ECPA Amendments Act of 2015 prohibits an electronic communications or remote computing service provider—like Gmail or Facebook or Twitter—from voluntarily disclosing the contents of customer emails or other communications.
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Putting Families First
Jan 13 2015
The family is the first and most important institution of our society – and the foundation of American exceptionalism.
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As we know, the President has recently announced that he will take unilateral executive action on immigration. In so doing he has circumvented the democratic process, broken the law, and subverted the constitutional order.
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Floor Remarks on the CRomnibus
Dec 12 2014
I rise in opposition to the spending bill before us today. I rise in opposition to the cynical substance of the legislation. I rise in opposition to the un-republican and undemocratic process by which a small collection of political and economic insiders crafted it, to benefit each other at everyone else’s expense.
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If we as an institution can accept a legislative process driven by backroom deals, rather than fair and inclusive debate, when we’re dealing with the most important issues, then when are we ever going to do things the right way?
We can do better. The American people – and especially those serving in uniform – deserve better. And as we saw in the recent elections, the American people demand that we do better.
We can do better. The American people – and especially those serving in uniform – deserve better. And as we saw in the recent elections, the American people demand that we do better.
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A Conservative Vision for the Next Generation
Oct 21 2014
"As I saw it, this professor was actually asking two separate questions. First, why should young people care about politics, period?
And second, even if young people do care about politics, why should they care about what I – a conservative member of the Republican Party – have to say about it?"
And second, even if young people do care about politics, why should they care about what I – a conservative member of the Republican Party – have to say about it?"
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