Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bushis an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 February 1953
CityMidland, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.
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I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.
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My record as a pro-life governor is not in dispute. I am completely pro-life, and I believe that we should have a culture of life. It's informed by my faith from beginning to end. And this not just as it related to unborn babies - I did it at the end of life issues as well. This is something that goes way beyond politics.
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I believe we're at the verge of the greatest time to be alive in this world.But Washington is holding us back. How we tax, how we regulate. We're not embracing the energy revolution in our midst, a broken immigration system that has been politicized rather than turning it into an economic driver.We're not protecting and preserving our entitlement system or reforming for the next generation. All these things languish while we have politicians in Washington using these as wedge issues.
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We now have a national security consideration, public health issues, we have an epidemic of heroine overdoses in all places in this country because of the ease of bringing heroine in. We have to secure the border.
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I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues.
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We have huge national security issues in this country, and the United States Senate ought to be pushing President [Barack] Obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster based on his policies.
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I'm very confident that we will have a system that will focus on health rather than on sickness, ... We're changing the dynamics of the Medicaid marketplace.
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In all likelihood it will hit our state,
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I know the president has deep concerns about what has happened, ... And the fact that I'm his brother, symbolically, may give some people a sense that the president really does care, as he does.
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Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.
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That is very good news for Floridians because rhetorically they've been opposed to tax cuts over the last seven years, ... For every one letter that apparently I get suggesting I should cut taxes, we'll have 200 press releases criticizing me for doing so.
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These three individuals are proven leaders with the right balance of skills and knowledge to serve Florida's communities,
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Not making a good-faith effort to implement this after the state has voted and Broward County has voted, to have it be back on the ballot I think is wrong, ... Having said that, you could implement it and then put it back on the ballot -- another constitutional amendment -- and that would be fair game.