Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburnis an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she represents Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 June 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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We do thank our men and women in uniform. And I thank them. I thank this House today that approved a bill that will allow for a pay raise for our military. We are grateful for that and for the actions of this body.
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Most website developers say an aggregator website, such as what healthcare.gov is, could be built easily for a half a million dollars. They have spent a half a billion dollars.
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Our nationwide hearings made it clear that Americans considered border security a matter of national security and this bill reflects that fact.
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The Dodd Bill does very little to reduce financial risks. What it will do is make Wall Street even more the servant of bureaucrats in Washington and the political party in power. That is not in the best interests of the American people.
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What's the top area of concern? What's the top issue? National security. That is what people think about night. 'Are my children going to be safe? Am I going to be safe when I'm out and about in the community?'
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We have to defeat ISIS. We have to make certain that we destroy them and that we push them back.
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We don't want the federal government to shut down. It is so inappropriate, and it is not respectful of the people that have sent us here to do our jobs.
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Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and without a chance for Congress as a whole to debate a particular earmark as they relate to national priorities.
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FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has said that several foreign dignitaries personally spoke to him about creating a new Internet user fee to subsidize an international universal service fund at the expense of traditional end users.
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People really are very concerned when they put their head on the pillow at night - they're concerned that America may cease to be what America has been because we are leveraging the future of our children and our grandchildren.
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Even the president's own Science and Technology Office head Mister Holdren says no one single weather event is due specifically to climate change.
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I've always said that I didn't want to be given a job because I was a female, I wanted it because I was the most well-qualified person for the job. And making certain that companies are going to move forward in that vein, that is what women want.
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Seldom does a member of either party have to be called down for inappropriate behavior on the House floor.