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Minnesota families and businesses should be allowed to keep more of their hard-earned money – the less money kept by individuals and job creators, the slower our economic recovery. Accordingly, Washington must work toward creating an environment that...
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Debt and Spending Runaway federal spending, deficits, and debt are a barrier to our economic recovery. The exponential growth of the federal deficit threatens the future of our children and grandchildren. With our nation now more than $18 trillion in...
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Securing Freedom In a time of uncertainty and instability throughout many regions of the globe, we must allocate our material and budget resources carefully. One of my top priorities in Congress is ensuring the men and women of the armed forces recei...
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Education Reform Education is critical to the economic well-being of our country and the future prosperity of our children. We can no longer accept a broken system in which only roughly 30 percent of eighth grade students have basic reading and math ...
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Energy Independence I have been a champion of a comprehensive “all of the above” approach that would reduce our dependence on hostile regions of the world and increase all forms of American energy. I believe we must stop government policies that are ...
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Health Care Reform Whether hosting a roundtable discussion with members of the business community, touring a local manufacturing company, or visiting with constituents, I am continually reminded of Minnesotans’ concerns about the President’s health c...
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In 2013, Medicare celebrated its 30th anniversary. One of my guiding principles is that we must keep the promises we make. Medicare provides critical assistance to tens of millions of Americans. Those already receiving Medicare should not have to wor...
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Keeping Promises to Our Veterans As a retired Marine, husband of a career Army nurse, and father of a son who has served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, I take seriously my congressional responsibility to provide our troops, veterans, and their ...
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Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District spans the width of the entire southern metro area and contains all of Scott and Dakota Counties as well as the southeastern Minnesota counties of Goodhue and Wabasha. The 2nd District also includes the northern ...
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