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Mick Mulvaney

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Party
R
State and District
South Carolina, District 5
Chamber
House
Last served
Currently in congress

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Congressional Record entries

Entry Title Date
National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2013 May 18, 2012
Mick Mulvaney, R-SC
"Mr. Chair, I rise today to bring to your attention a non-partisan, good governance issue--accountability and transparency. Specifically, accountability and transparency for the War Budget, which for accounting purposes is treated separately from the Department of Defense (DoD) Base Budget."
Security In Bonding Act Of 2012 May 15, 2012
Mick Mulvaney, R-SC
"I thank the gentleman from Texas."
Military Commissions May 7, 2012
Mick Mulvaney, R-SC
"Mr. Speaker, no one in this body was untouched by the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, which will stand in our history as one of the most infamous crimes ever perpetrated against the people of the United States. It not only cast a shadow of despair over America, but also thrust us into a different kind of global conflict, fighting an unconventional, adaptive enemy that has adopted the mass murder of innocent civilians as a weapon of war."
Concurrent Resolution On The Budget For Fiscal Year 2013 March 29, 2012
Mick Mulvaney, R-SC
"Madam Chairman, I thank my colleague from New Jersey for the opportunity. We can and will, obviously, over the course of this day, say a lot about this budget--a lot of bad things about this budget. I prefer to focus on one positive thing above all others--one thing. This budget actually balances. The budget actually balances. Five years it takes to do that. It's not easy. In fact, it's very, very hard to do that."
Concurrent Resolution On The Budget For Fiscal Year 2013 March 29, 2012
Mick Mulvaney, R-SC
"Will the gentleman yield?"

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