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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Inserting the FCC into our states' economic and fiscal affairs sets a dangerous precedent and violates state sovereignty in a manner that warrants deeper examination.
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Yes, what has happened is we have moved from responding to these terrorist attacks as acts of civil disobedience to getting to the point after September 11 that we said, no, this is not just civil disobedience, this is an act of war.
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Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of course it is unimaginable. We are right to be in the Middle East, and we are right to treat this as the war it is.
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This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy.
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Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.
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A conservative vision to tech issues assumes the imperfection of mankind and a preference for markets - not politics - to drive outcomes.
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Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital.
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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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Women are the primary healthcare consumers in the country. 80 percent of all healthcare decisions are made by women.
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What I want to do is make certain that no one's taxes go up. Let's look at cleaning up the tax code.
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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.