Right now the election is not about who's going to be the next speaker of the House, it really should be about what we're going to do to change the process here, so everybody can feel empowered in the process, and that was the beginning of the conversation.

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Any new pathway to citizenship is completely off the table ... [Illegal immigrants should be able to get citizenship] the same way as any other immigrant has to do it ... You have to apply for legal permanent residence, be it family-based or employment-based. You shouldn't be treated worse than the people doing it the right way, but I think it would be unconscionable for us to treat them better than the people who are doing it the right way.

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A special pathway to citizenship is off the table... when I talk to members of the group in the Senate, they're saying that we're both saying the same thing.

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I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

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The most biased people are the Democrats.

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The left claims that Republicans hate Hispanics, which is just the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard, and the right just claims all we need to do is close the borders and do nothing else, which is also ridiculous.

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Im 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe its not just a hunting right. Its a right for everyone to carry their weapons.

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I never stop thinking about these sorts of things, it's not because I have any immediate plans or anything like that, but I never stop thinking about those things because there is a big problem with the current two-party system we have, and someone has to shake it up.

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Justin Amash is probably one of the most, if not the most consistent and honorable members of Congress that I met in the eight years I was there, justin Amash always outlined what Justin Amash believes in, why Justin Amash believes in the things that Justin Amash does and why Justin Amash makes the decisions that Justin Amash makes.

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There's a lot of sticking points, not just one, every time we meet, we get a little closer. Sometimes that movement is glacial, so Raul Labrador really have to pay attention to observe it, but there is a way here, there is a way.

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We don't believe that they have 216 votes. In fact, we know that they don't have 216 votes.

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With Hillary Clinton, there is no chance, in my opinion, there's just no choice between the two.

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No one is telling him, 'You need to be more realistic about your goals,' and he's the most popular person in the Democratic Party right now, you want to lose? Then become realistic and not aspirational.

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We need to get together and talk to all the factions.

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There was nothing there that changed my mind.

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We have to remember everything in the House and everything in Congress is about checks and balances, we have two houses of Congress for that reason. We have three branches of government for that reason, and one of the reasons that every board has the freedom to vacate (the chair).

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Good to see you.

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I do think the establishment in Washington really wants one person to be coronated, and I don't think that should be the process.

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Until somebody's a declared candidate, we're not going to move to a new candidate. Now, if new candidates declare themselves, then we're going to ask them to come talk to the House Freedom Caucus. Because it's not about the who, it's the what.

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It's not about the who, it's about the what ... what are we going to do so we can get Republicans together on the same page.

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The votes were simply not there to defeat the speaker, i think it is unwise to marginalize yourself when there is no chance of victory, which was the case today.

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