The idea of checking the box saying we dealt with health care but not taking into account both the considerations of the left and right on this one, I think, ultimately, (is) not my job, my job is to watch out for the folks that I'm hearing from here at home.

Mark Sanford

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I wouldn't say it made my day, and it's not what anybody would yearn for in the world of politics, but it is what it is.

Mark Sanford

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That's ultimately what the race devolved down to, which was,' Was I Trump enough vs. not,'.

Mark Sanford

politics

There's a temptation, given the American public's frustration with the political system,... to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and' let's discard all these institutions that have served us incredibly well for 200 + years,'.

Mark Sanford

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I think that we serve at the pleasure of the people that we have the honor of serving, every two years we're up for a vote... and I'm very cognizant of the fact that this is a temporary job.

Mark Sanford

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It may cost me an election in this case, but I stand by every one of those decisions to disagree with the President.

Mark Sanford

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Overwhelmingly, I've voted with the President, and a long list of independent scorekeepers will tell you so.

Mark Sanford

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This president probably has more philosophic dexterity than most of the presidents I've dealt with in the past, that makes it a little bit different because typically there is sort of a fixed starting point or a fixed ending point on where an administration might be.

Mark Sanford

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It doesn't make anybody's day when the President of the United States says, 'I want to take you out,' i don't work for him. I work for about 750,000 people here in the 1st congressional district.

Mark Sanford

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He said, 'The President hopes you vote against this because he wants to run somebody against you if you do,'.

Mark Sanford

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I don't think it's particularly productive to his own legislative agenda.

Mark Sanford

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Let’s make sure we actually secure the border, build the wall, like we told the American people we were going to, that’s what the Freedom Caucus was created to do -- fight for those simple principles.

Mark Sanford

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I'm here to tell you, sometimes that testosterone can get you in trouble.

Mark Sanford

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What we have here is an opening bid.

Mark Sanford

politics

From a conservative's perspective, there are a number of things that need further refinement, this notion of a refundable tax credit is a big deal, Medicaid expansion is a big deal, the Cadillac tax is a big deal.

Mark Sanford

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It's about Americans' freedom and embracing engagement rather than isolation as a way of changing other governments.

Mark Sanford

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I suspect it would stir up the rank and file. And when you get the rank and file at the grass-roots level, other folks get stirred up within the conference.

Mark Sanford

politics

Too often in the wake of tragedies like this, advocates on both sides of the debate, use the debate towards their own end, moving to a large debate on gun control I don't think is what should come in the immediate aftermath, within 24 hours, of this tragedy taking place.

Mark Sanford

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He was a remarkable human being.

Mark Sanford

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We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.

Mark Sanford

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Small businesses are the backbone of job creation in South Carolina, but we're not maximizing our potential when we've got what's effectively the highest income tax rate in the Southeast holding us back.

Mark Sanford

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