Ken Buck
Ken Buck
Kenneth Robert "Ken" Buckis an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as District Attorney for Weld County, Colorado. Buck was also the unsuccessful Republican challenger to Michael Bennet in the 2010 Senate race in Colorado...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
CountryUnited States of America
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If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values.
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I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.
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I don't believe that the science is settled on man-made climate change. And so - while I live in Colorado - you see where I live. I love the environment. And - and I want to make sure we do everything we can to protect the environment. I don't want government to put artificial standards on us.
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I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.
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In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.
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A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse.
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When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government.
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We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.
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I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had.
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I won't use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue.
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I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.
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I don't support getting rid of Social Security.
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To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.
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While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion.