Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
Republican representative from California who became the majority whip of the United States House of Representatives in 2011. He was shadowed by Kevin Spacey while the actor was doing research for his role on the Netflix series House of Cards.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 January 1965
CityBakersfield, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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It's regrettable that we're going to spend local property taxes on schools the state would otherwise fund. As I understand it, we don't get back that money.
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Servers make very little in regular wages and largely rely on tips to pay the bills and budget for weeks ahead.
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Small businesses already struggle to compete with big businesses that enjoy the luxury of a tax code filled with corporate loopholes.
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Small business creates more jobs than large corporations.
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I met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, visited our allies in the Arab Gulf, traveled to Tunisia and Iraq, met with President Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine, and visited our allies in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.
I'm willing to fight, but I want to fight to win.
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If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free.
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Once our country is fully engulfed in a debt crisis, our economy will be torn apart, and every American will be a victim of the federal government's failure to prevent this disaster.
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If you're in the minority, every advantage is against you, right? So the only advantage you have against the majority is they're too lazy to know their own rules, right? So it's like a game of poker.
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Instead of lining the pockets of L.A . ad executives, we're trying to do something for real children.
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If I was 20 years old, I would buy a boat and two or three permits ... but you?re talking about a lot of money and you don?t know if (the fishing) is going to be closed tomorrow. It?s a gamble.
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I don't need a strong EPA. I don't need to fund a lot of money there.
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I believe the Constitution matters: that it's not just a few pieces of paper.
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I believe in a free market of ideas and not shying away from debate.