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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. CAMPAIGNING IN THE EARLY 70'S FOR LIBERTY. I WANT THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION. I GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS INADVERTENTLY...
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Green, Rick - Editor
TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND GETTING THE ECONOMIC HOUSE BACK IN ORDER. YOU INTRODUCED A BILL IN 1973 -- IN 2001 TO REPEAL THE 1973 WAR POWERS RESOLUTION...
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
NOTE. >> TALK A BIT ABOUT YOUR
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FOREIGN POLICY. GOSH PEOPLE THAT TEND TO BE A MORE ISOLATIONIST AND ME ARE THE PEOPLE THAT CRITICIZE ME FOR BEING ISOLATIONIST. THEY TEND TO THINK MORE...
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Green, Rick - Editor
WARS WITH CLEAR MISSIONS. THE WARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN, WHAT ABOUT -- >> WORLD
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WAR TWO. THE JAPANESE BOMBED US AND IT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW IT WORKS. THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T GO TO WAR WITHOUT COMING TO CONGRESS, THE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT...
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Green, Rick - Editor
BEEN ANY EXAMPLES SINCE WORLD WAR TWO? >>
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT WAS BOTCHED, IT WAS WRONG, WE ARE STILL SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES. $4 TRILLION WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL DEBT FOR THIS. NO, THEY WERE...
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Green, Rick - Editor
TO DO SOME FUDGING EARLY IN WORLD WAR TWO BEFORE CONGRESS -- >>
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THAT TYPE OF MANEUVERING. >> WOULD
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Green, Rick - Editor
YOU HAVE OPPOSED WHAT HE DID? >>
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ABSOLUTELY. IF THE POLICIES ARE NOT WELL INFORMED AND THEY CAUSE TROUBLE, IT IS DIFFICULT. I MENTIONED THAT THE FOREIGN POLICY STIMULATES THE HATRED TOWARD...
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Green, Rick - Editor
THE TROOPS HOME WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO SOLVE THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO BEYOND WHAT THE SUPER COMMITTEE IS DEADLOCKED OVER? >> OF...
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| 00:18:21 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
DID -- AND THEN THE MILITARY MORE STREAMLINED. YOU WANT TO CUT SPENDING -- ALMOST EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO 2006 BUDGET. THERE ARE A LOT OF CUTS, OVERSEAS...
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Green, Rick - Editor
DOES IT INCLUDE MILITARY SPENDING? >> THERE IS A LOT IN
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE MILITARY. THAT IS WHERE THE DILEMMA IS IN WASHINGTON. REPUBLICANS ARE KNOWN, THEY WOULD BE HYSTERICAL IF YOU CUT A NICKEL. BUT THE DEMOCRATS AND...
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| 00:20:25 |
Green, Rick - Editor
PRESERVED THOSE PROGRAMS TO PROTECT THOSE GROUPS, THE ELDERLY, THEN YOU HAVEN'T GOT $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET. >>
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| 00:20:37 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
I DO. WE DO CUT ENOUGH. IT WASN'T EASY. I WANTED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN ONE YEAR, AND I THINK YOUR CONCERNS OR YOUR POINT IS THAT THIS WAS REALLY TOUGH....
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| 00:21:19 |
Green, Rick - Editor
ABOUT PROJECTED DEFICITS? >> OF THE ONLY THING THAT
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
COUNTS IS THE FIRST YEAR. WE GO THREE YEARS, BECAUSE BY OUR PROJECTIONS, WE WOULD BE AT A BALANCED BUDGET THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER 600. WE...
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Green, Rick - Editor
DO YOU WANT TO TURN THE UNITED STATES AND TO CHINA WHERE YOU READ ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE ERA AND THIS OF THE URBAN AREAS THERE, THE POLLUTION? PART...
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IS NOT GETTING WORSE. THEY ARE DOING SOME, BUT IT IS STILL A BIG PROBLEM. YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT IF YOU HAVE A FREE-MARKET ECONOMY, IT IS NOT GOING HAPPEN....
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Unidentified Speaker, -
POINT, IF YOU SUPPORT DIPLOMACY, WHY DO YOU OPPOSE MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS? >> BECAUSE IT
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| 00:24:51 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IS A LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY. THE FIRST THING THAT THE UNITED NATIONS DID WAS PUT US INTO A WAR THAT WAS UNDECLARED. IT WENT IN UNDER UN RESOLUTION, CONGRESS...
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THAT WAR. >> IT WAS A UN
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
RESOLUTION. THEY GAVE US THE AUTHORITY TO GO THERE AND THE TRUMAN ACCEPTED IT. IT DIDN'T COME FROM CONGRESS. I WOULD SAY IT IS THE LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY....
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| 00:26:04 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ORGANIZATION IS THIS THERE FOR SOMEBODY TO GET CONTROL OVER IT AND THEY FIGHT OVER CONTROL. TO BE CONTROLLING THE ORGANIZATION? SO FAR, WE HAVE A LOT...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
USING MORAL IMPERATIVE AS A RATIONALE FOR GOING TO WAR. IS THERE ANY REASON WHATSOEVER THAT YOU WOULD, AND THE CONDITION UNDER WHICH HE WOULD USE A MORAL...
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
CONSTITUTION IS VERY CLEAR. THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF DEFENDING PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND TO OBEY THE LAW. THE MORAL IMPERATIVE IS NOT THAT SOMEBODY...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
THE EQUIVALENT OF A HOLOCAUST? >> IT DEPENDS
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ON WHAT THE STATUS IS. WE WERE INVOLVED IN WORLD WAR TWO. THE PEOPLE THAT COMMITTED THE HOLOCAUST AND DECLARED WAR AGAINST US, TO SEE THE ISSUE. >> IF...
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NOT AT WAR. >> OUR GOVERNMENT
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
DOESN'T HAVE IT. IF THERE WAS A COMPULSION AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT FOR IT, BELIEVING IT WAS A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, I WOULDN'T BE THE DECISION...
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| 00:31:45 |
Green, Rick - Editor
OUT A THIRD- PARTY RUN? WHY? >> I
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
DON'T WANT TO. >> WHY SHOULDN'T
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Green, Rick - Editor
THERE BE A THIRD PARTY? >> BECAUSE IT IS
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| 00:31:59 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
A LOSING VENTURE. YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ME IN HERE. YOU WOULDN'T BE TALKING TO ME. >> A LOT OF
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| 00:32:09 |
Green, Rick - Editor
REPUBLICANS SAY THAT YOU DON'T UPHOLD A LOT OF REPUBLICAN VIEWPOINTS. >> IT
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| 00:32:14 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IS THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD. TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, PERSONAL LIBERTY, A STRONG LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FREE MARKETS. I HAVE THE BEST...
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Green, Rick - Editor
IN NAME ONLY? >> THEY DON'T FOLLOW
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THE PLATFORM OR WHAT REPUBLICANS PROFESS TO BELIEVE IN AS I DO, AND THEY SHOULD BE CALLED ON ITS. >> YOU WILL BE
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| 00:32:58 |
Green, Rick - Editor
PARTICIPATING IN A DEBATE LATER TODAY, WHICH IS BASICALLY A TEST OF THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES. WHERE DO YOU SAY YOU FALL IN THE SPECTRUM OF CANDIDATES...
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| 00:33:16 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ON SOCIAL ISSUES. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND A GIFT FROM OUR CREATOR, AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT PROTECT LIFE, YOU CAN'T PROTECT...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE ABORTION? >> SOMEBODY HAS TO SPEAK
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FOR THE FETUS. I HAVE SEEN BABIES EIGHT AND NINE MONTHS OF PREGNANCY HAS PRETTY MUCH A HUMAN BEING. WHO SPEAKS FOR THEM? WHO SPEAKS FOR A ONE-MINUTE OLD...
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Green, Rick - Editor
IMPERATIVE OF FOR A HOLOCAUST, BUT WE HAVE A MORAL IMPERATIVE FOR A FETUS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> I'D
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
SEE THE CONNECTION AT ALL. WE'RE NOT GOING ON THE CHINA TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T ABORT FEMALE FETUSES. THAT WOULD BE A DESCRIPTION OF A MORAL IMPERATIVE....
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Unidentified Speaker, -
SELECT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OPPOSED TO ABORTION? >> I
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WOULD SELECT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTITUTION. IF THEY DESCRIBE WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED, THEIR PERSONAL POSITION WOULD...
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Green, Rick - Editor
OWN DECISIONS. >> [INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE READ THE DOCUMENT AND IT DOESN'T SPECIFY VERY MUCH. WOULD YOU AGREE THAT MOST LAWS ON THE BUGS DON'T HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL...
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AND ALL THE REGULATIONS AND THE LEGISLATION DONE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER. WE DO NOT HAVE THE RULE OF LAW. WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT NOW THAT IS KNOWN THAT WE...
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| 00:39:35 |
Green, Rick - Editor
IN THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, WOULD YOU HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT STRATEGY HAS RELATED TO SADDAM HUSSEIN. >> NO, I VOTDED FOR
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
THAT. WE VOTED FOR THE AUTHORITY OF GOING AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11. WE HAD HIM MORE OR LESS TRAFFIC. I HAVE AN IMAGE IN MY MIND, BUT...
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| 00:43:01 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IF IT WAS DECLARED -- >>
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Green, Rick - Editor
YOU SUPPORTED THE AUTHORIZATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AFTER 9/11. >> IT DOES NOT GIVE
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Green, Rick - Editor
AUTHORITY FOR THE DRUM STRIKES? DOCILE THEY ARE NOT BOMBING EVERYBODY, -- >> WE DECLARED WAR ON
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Green, Rick - Editor
TERRORISM. >>
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
WHERE? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DOCUMENT. KERR -- AT TERRORISM AS A TACTIC. THEY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE OUT OR OUT OF FEAR, THEY CAN VIOLATE...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
NOT AT ALL? >> THAT IS MY IDEA, JUST
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TO BUT OUT. A LOT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MARRIAGE, A LOT OF THE DICTIONARY, TOO. I DON'T WANT THIS -- I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENTS. TO ME,...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
MARRIAGE UNDER TAX LAWS, ETC., CONVEYS CERTAIN PRIVILEGES THAT DON'T GO TO THOSE THAT ARE UNMARRIED. >> PROBABLY CHANGE THE
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
TAX CUT AND GET RID OF IT, THAT WOULD BE A SOLUTION. DODGE GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF AUTHORIZING MARRIAGE? >>
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
I WOULD. IF YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY AND FIND THAT TRADITION OF GOING TO THE BIBLE AND FOLLOWING IT BACK, PEOPLE MARRIED AND THEIR CHURCHES, TO ME IT...
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Green, Rick - Editor
WHAT THE IOWA SUPREME COURT DID? IN >> AND NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. >> MISTAKES CAN GRASP THE
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Green, Rick - Editor
RIGHTS UNDER THIS DEFINITION -- >>
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IN THE STATES WON'T NECESSARILY AGREE. I AM GIVING MY PERSONAL OPINION OF WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE DONE. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
IN SORT OF -- KIND OF BRINGING A SENSE OF EQUALITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY? SO A PERSON THAT LIVES IN TEXAS ISN'T LEFT WITH FEWER RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES THAT...
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AT FAULT WITH THE SLAVE ISSUE AND DISCRIMINATION. NATIONAL LAWS, THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT APPLIED. WE CAN'T TAKE A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND DENY THEM CERTAIN...
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Green, Rick - Editor
YOURSELF AS A FREE MARKET PERSON, WHY SHOULDN'T THAT APPLY TO EMIGRATION AS WELL? >> THERE IS A PRETTY
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOOD IDEA FOR THAT. THAT IS THE IDEAL. AND AWAY, THAT IS WHAT THE FOUNDERS ARGUED AND THAT IS WHY THEY GIVE US THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE. IT IS...
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Green, Rick - Editor
CALLS FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WORKERS -- >> THAT
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
IS WHAT THAT WE SHOULD REALLY WORK FOR. EVEN WITH THE PROBLEMS TODAY, I HAVE PEOPLE COME TO MY OFFICE LOOKING FOR WORKERS. THERE ARE JOBS OUT THERE,...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
DECISIONS WHERE THIS -- WHAT ABOUT THE STATES WHERE THE DECISIONS TO REGULATE BEYOND CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS MIGHT BE THE RESULT OF NATIONAL CONSENSUS,...
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
DID IT PROPERLY. YOU CAN SAY THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNTRY IS THAT WE LOVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTROLLING OUR EDUCATION. I WAS DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
BALANCE FOR TREE -- BALANCE THE DESIRE FOR FREE TRADE AGAINST AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERESTS? >> A FREE TRADE IS
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
GOOD FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES. I DON'T THINK IT IS A CLICHE OR A METHOD THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE FREE TRADE, IF YOU HAVE FREE TRADE IT HURTS US. AND WE HAVE...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
IS THE GOVERNMENT DOES A RESPONSIBILITY SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN POVERTY? >> AND THE GOVERNMENT
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
HOUSE IRRESPONSIBILITY? THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE POOR IS TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM OF PROSPERITY AND THE MAXIMUM AND JOBS FOR PEOPLE SO THAT THERE ARE...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
OF AMERICANS LIVING IN POVERTY RIGHT NOW. SHOULD THEY NOT BE ENTITLED TO WELFARE? >> ALL MY CUTS ARE CUT
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FROM THE BIG INDUSTRY, THE CORPORATE WELFARE, THE OVERSEAS SPENDING, AND WHAT I'D DO IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN PROTECT THESE PEOPLE IS DOING WHAT I AM...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
THE RAMIFICATIONS. >> I AM
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
AGAINST THE COMMITTEE. THEY WILL NOT ADMIT WE ARE NOW BANKRUPT. EVEN IF THEY FAIL AND THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC CUT, THERE IS NO ACTUAL CUT. THERE IS A COALITION...
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Green, Rick - Editor
SIX WEEKS BEFORE OUR CAUCUS. I WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ABOUT WHETHER A IOWA CAUCUS GOERS SHOULD SUPPORT YOONU. >> IF THEY CARE
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| 01:00:59 |
Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
ABOUT FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY AND PEACE, THEY WILL BE THEIR COMMON AND AND THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER THAT WILL BE THERE. HE SAID, ONE THING WE KNOW IS HE...
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Green, Rick - Editor
THANK YOU. GOOD TO CHAT WITH YOU. >> THANKS
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Paul, Ronald "Ron" M.D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
FOR COMING IN. >>
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Unidentified Speaker, -
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD>> SEE
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