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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE. WELCOME, SIR. GUEST: GREAT
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
TO BE WITH YOU. HOST: FOR THE THIRD TIME,
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE SENDING A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WHAT IS IT? GUEST: THAT WE
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
HOPE THAT HE BEGINS TO WORK WITH US. SOMETHING HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE REPEATEDLY, THEY HAVE PUT BILL AFTER BILL IN THE SENATE TO CREATE JOBS. WE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ARE THE ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPORTING THEM OF? OF GUEST: SO FAR, ALL SORTS OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET FOR SMALL AND LARGE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TARGETED STUDENT LOANS. WHAT HAS BEEN THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE? GUEST: THERE
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
ARE REMARKABLE CHALLENGES OUT THERE. ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS. THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO IS CREATE A VIBRANT JOB MARKET, VIBRANT ECONOMY, SO THAT THEY CAN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IT CALLS FOR CONSOLIDATION, IS THAT GOOD OR BAD? GUEST:
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
YOU CAN SEE THE WRITING ON THE PIECE OF PAPER. THERE IS A GREAT SPEECH, WHICH EVERYONE KNOWS. WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. HOST:
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL ISSUES, THERE ARE HEARINGS TODAY THAT WILL AIR WITH THE SUPER COMMITTEE, SUCH AS DOUG ELME NDORF BEFORE THE SUPER COMMITTEE....
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
LOGISTICS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE TO GET THE BILL READY FOR CONGRESS TO CONSIDER, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS DECREASE SPENDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WE WANT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SUPER COMMITTEE WORK, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD IT IN TERMS OF ASPECTS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS? A DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN? GUEST: WE NEVER SUPPORTED
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
THAT. THAT IS THE MONEY BEING SPENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET $6 TRILLION IN SAVINGS IF YOU GO ABOUT THE SENATE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NOT $1.20 TRILLION, HOW WILL PEOPLE REACT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING WHAT COMES OUT OF THE SUPER COMMITTEE? GUEST: AT THIS POINT,
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
WE ARE HOPING THAT THE SELECT COMMITTEE THAT WAS APPOINTED WILL PRODUCE A WORK PRODUCT THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE CAN RESPOND TO POSITIVELY. THE PROBLEM...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
EXAMPLE? GUEST: THERE ARE
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
EXAMPLES ON SECURITY AND ON THE SIDE OF NON- SECURITY. THE SIZE OF OUR FOREST IN TERMS OF THE ARMY. IF YOU TAKE A SLICE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE BUDGET,...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OUR GUEST QUESTIONS, FOR REPUBLICANS, 202-737-0002. FOR DEMOCRATS, 202-737-0001. FOR INDEPENDENTS, 202-628-0205. JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG IS THE E- MAIL. TWITTER,...
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CALLER, -
I AM A DEMOCRAT. I THINK THAT EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE A FAIR SHARE. HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE WITH A STRAIGHT FACE AND SAY THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
FRUSTRATION AND ANGER IN YOUR VOICE. PEOPLE HAVE GREAT FRUSTRATION ABOUT JOBS AND THE ECONOMY OVER THE MANNER IN WHICH THEIR GOVERNMENT IS NOT WORKING...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: DANNY, REPUBLICAN LINE. YOU ARE ON. GUEST: I HAVE
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
BEEN A LONGTIME REPUBLICAN. -- CALLER: YOU HAVE BEEN -- I HAVE BEEN A LONGTIME REPUBLICAN. HOW COME THE JOB CREATORS ARE NOT CREATING JOBS? 0.5% FOR...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SIMPLY AMERICANS TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WHAT WE SEE IN THE MARKET IS ALL SORTS OF UNCERTAINTY. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THEIR ENERGY BILL IS GOING TO...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NUMBER OF A 9% APPROVAL RATING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? GUEST:
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
THAT WE ARE NOT WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE VERY FRUSTRATED. WE NEED TO...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
PERSON RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, THOUGH? GUEST: ALL
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
OF US SHARE RESPONSIBILITY. EVERYONE IS FRUSTRATED. AND RIGHTLY SO. WHAT PEOPLE SEE IS GOOD BUT IN WASHINGTON THAT IS NOT HELPFUL TO SOLVING PROBLEMS,...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA. CALLER: WE ARE AT A
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CALLER, -
STALEMATE HERE. EACH PARTY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE AND THEIR BEST INTEREST. IT...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
THE ELECTIONS WERE ABOUT. MANY OF THEM WERE ELECTED TO OFFICE BECAUSE OF THAT FRUSTRATION AND CONCERN THAT YOU VOICED. 38 OF THOSE 89 HAD NEVER RUN FOR...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
PRESIDENT SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT CONGRESS, THEN THIS FUNCTION, AS HE DESCRIBED IT. >> WE CANNOT WAIT
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FOR AN INCREASINGLY DYSFUNCTIONAL CONGRESS TO DO ITS JOB WHERE THEY WILL NOT ACT, I WILL. IN RECENT WEEKS, WE DECIDED TO STOP WAITING FOR CONGRESS TO...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
WAIT EITHER, MR. PRESIDENT. WE CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO ASSIST US IN DECREASING THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW THAT MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM MISSISSIPPI. DEMOCRAT LINE.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: [UNINTELLIGIBLE] GUEST: WE HAVE
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
16 PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND OUR JOBS PLAN THAT WE PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE, BILLS THAT WOULD DECREASE THE TAX BURDEN ON SMALL AND LARGE JOB CREATORS....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST. GUEST:
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
KNOW, DEFICIT CANNOT BE FIXED JUST WITH SPENDING. THE WAY THAT YOU DECREASE THE DEFICIT AND GROW -- DECREASE THE DEBT, IS TO GROW THE ECONOMY. ABOUT ONE-THIRD...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WISCONSIN. STEVE, REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: WE WOULD LIKE TO
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CALLER, -
SEE THE BUREAUCRACY CUT, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, EDUCATION, EPA, NOT TOTALLY CUT OUT, BUT REDUCED. WE WANT THEIR POWER REDUCED. IN MANY CASES, THE BUREAUCRACY...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
GUEST: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE SIZE OF THE GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND OFTENTIMES NOT ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION FOR WHICH IT WAS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
KY. INDEPENDENT LINE. GREG. CALLER: MR. PRICE, I
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WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY HIGH- SPEED RAIL IS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO BE DEVELOPED IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS A MASSIVE DEVICE WE COULD USE TO CREATE...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
BE ABLE FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL IN SOME AREAS WHERE THERE ARE TRANSIT CORRIDORS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING BACK AND FORTH. HIGH-SPEED RAIL, IN TERMS OF...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE HOUSE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S JOBS PACKAGE WITHHOLDING% OF PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS AS A DOWN PAYMENT TO FUTURE CONTRACTS. GUEST: THIS IS...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
THAT WE AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE HAD. THE PRESIDENT HAS SUPPORTED A TEMPORARY REPEAL. WE SUPPORT A COMPLETE REPEAL. I BELIEVE WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND.
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS THE CONTEXT FOR THIS? GUEST: THERE WAS A
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
LAW PASSED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THAT SAID ANY BUSINESS BETWEEN A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND BUSINESS WOULD HAVE A 3% WITHHOLDING. RIGHT NOW, THE MARGINS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHY IS THE SENATE RESISTANT? GUEST: THE QUESTION IS
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
HOW YOU PAY FOR IT. WE BELIEVE THE WOMEN IN THIS BUDGET NEUTRAL IS A MORE PROPER SOLUTION IN THE HOUSE, AS OPPOSED TO THE SENATE. HOST: WHY CORP. ON
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THIS ISSUE AND NOT OTHERS? GUEST: I
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
CANNOT TELL YOU WHY THAT IS, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD USE THIS AS A COLONEL THAT WILL GROW INTO GREATER OPERATION.
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: VIRGINIA. REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I AM A REPUBLICAN,
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CALLER, -
I VOTED FOR BUSH, MCCAIN. I WATCHED C-SPAN. I AM DISABLED, I WATCH A LOT OF C-SPAN. I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD NOT...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
HEAR FROM YOU. THAT IS MY HOME TOWN. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT I AM AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON. THE LAST THING I WANT IS FOR ANYONE TO HAVE INCREASED CHALLENGES....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
VIEWER ASKS, WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT CONGRESS IS WORKING ON TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT?
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
GUEST: CLAUDIA ASKED. OUR JOB PACKAGES INCLUDE ITEMS TO DECREASE REGULATION. THERE ARE REGULATIONS COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW BUT ARE MAKING...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. RENEE. DEMOCRAT'S LINE.
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CALLER: I WANT TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE HOW HE KEEPS THAT DURING THE PRESIDENT ABOUT NOT COMPROMISING WITH HIM WHEN THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
FRUSTRATION ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ECONOMY ROLLING, AND TAXES ARE ONE OF THE REASONS. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, CERTAINLY, IN TERMS OF BUSINESS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHEN IT COMES TO TAX POLICY LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL SIDE, MUCH HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT RICK PERRY'S FLAT TAX. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" THIS MORNING SAYS...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
GUEST: COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN WITH A FLAT TAX. ONE IS CERTAINTY. THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SO THERE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IDEA OF OPTING IN OR OUT OF THE FLAT TAX, IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP STANDARDIZED DEDUCTIONS? GUEST: I HAVE NOT
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SEEN THE NUMBERS. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I AM ALL FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE IN WHICH TO SELECT THE KIND OF SYSTEM THEY ARE IN. THE SYSTEM WE HAVE FOR MEDICARE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HERE IS RICK PERRY. >> FOR EVERY
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AMERICAN, THROWING OUT THE CURRENT TAX CODE, I MIGHT ADD THE COST OF COMPLYING WITH THAT CODE, IN ORDER TO PAY A 20% FLAT TAX ON THEIR INCOME. THE BEST...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SIMPLICITY THAT GOVERNOR PERRY TALKS ABOUT THERE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO EMBRACE. THEY KNOW THE TAX CODE IS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, CONTRADICTORY....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: LOUISVILLE, KY. JIM, REPUBLICAN LINE.
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CALLER: I AM ANOTHER DISSATISFIED REPUBLICAN CALLING. I AM HOPING DR. PRICE MOSTWILL PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO US MODERATES. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST,...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
DID SIGN IT. I BELIEVE INCREASING TAXES, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME, WOULD BE A FURTHER DEATH KNELL TO THE ECONOMY. I TRUST IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I BELIEVE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SET -- SAYS THE TOP 5% OF AMERICANS SAW THEIR INCOMES INCREASE BY 20%. BY COMPARISON, 60% OF AMERICANS IN THE MIDDLE INCOME SCALE SAW THEIR INCOME INCREASED...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CAN INCREASE -- GUEST: OR YOU CAN
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SAY TO THE TOP EARNERS, YOU CANNOT DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO PUNISH YOU FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL. I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THIS ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE OCCUPIED WALL STREET, MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD?
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
GUEST: IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED FROM THE RIGHT AND LEFT END OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. THE SYSTEM IS THAT WORKING. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE IN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ATLANTIC CITY. INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: I HAVE A
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TWO-PART QUESTION AND A STATEMENT. MY QUESTION IS, AS A REPUBLICAN, WHAT WOULD YOU RATE THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE BUSH IN HIS EIGHT YEARS, HOW REALISTIC...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
TO INCREASE THE VIBRANCY OF THE ECONOMY AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO REALIZE THEIR DREAMS. IN TERMS OF THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT -- LOOK, NO PRESIDENT WILL DO EXACTLY...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ISSUES, A TWITTERED YOUR ASKS ABOUT WELFARE. GUEST: WE
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
INCENTIVIZED GETTING FOLKS BACK TO WORK. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THAT HAS BEEN TURNED BACK. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN COMMITTEE. IT WOULD TAKE A WILLING...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: FLORIDA. RICK, DEMOCRAT LINE. CALLER: THANK
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CALLER, -
YOU FOR C-SPAN. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I WILL FOCUS ON A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, ALL I HEAR FROM YOU ALL IS REDUCING REGULATIONS AND TAXES. ON THE...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
INTERESTED IN BLOCKING PEOPLE FROM VOTING. IN FACT, ONE OF THE MANY COMMENTS I MAKE IN MY SPEECHES IS TO ENCOURAGE AND RECRUIT OTHERS TO ENGAGE IN THE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: PENNSYLVANIA. REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I AM INTERESTED
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CALLER, -
TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, AS A NATION, AS YOU WERE STATING, TO HAVE A HEALTHY OUTLOOK ON THE AMERICAN DREAM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CURRENT CRISIS OF...
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Price, Thomas "Tom" - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
GUEST: THE OVERARCHING QUESTION OF HOW DO WE PURSUE HAPPINESS. OUR FOUNDERS TALKED ABOUT IT. LIFE, LIBERTY, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OUR GUEST IS THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. REPRESENTATIVE PRICE, THANK YOU. IN OUR LAST SEGMENT, "THE ATLANTIC" MAGAZINE WILL BE OUR FOCUS....
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UP SUPPORT AMONG COLLEGE GRADUATES AND STUDENTS STRUGGLING WITH RISING TUITION COSTS, PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY WILL USE HIS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT...
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