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Blake Moore: “We have Medal of Honor recipients from this particular…”

Featuring: Blake Moore, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 1st Congressional District

Utah 2nd Congressional District 2026 Republican Primary Election Debate

Published June 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 49:48

The US Must continue to lead on the world stage, but we also need to be more strategic and surgical in how we advance American interests abroad. Candidate Moore. Yeah. Operation Midnight Hammer was a huge success. The Maduro operation, We have Medal of Honor recipients from this particular operation [Operation Midnight Hammer]. It was, it was, it was done to perfection. Iran is an entirely different beast, as we all know, but we have to come to a resolution on this is … (49:48–49:54)

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“There's over 1500 hospice companies in Los Angeles County. 400 licenses just got expired or they just canceled 400 licenses.”
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“We enacted the largest mandatory spending cut in our nation last year.”
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“I worked heavily to be able to get on the right committee, to be able to go and do that, to be able to find deficit reductions this year and…”
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“Box Elder county has been absolutely on the world stage on big events. We joined the Continental Railroad. We've put men and women into…”
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“Box Elder county residents didn't get brought in [to the decision-making process].”
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“Part of our tax reform that we actually had to fix something that took place in 2017.”
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“We need pro growth tax policy that exists.”
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“Water is paramount. We need to make sure that we're being very protective of that resource.”
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“The SPEED act in Congress has broad bipartisan support.”
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“Bruce Westerman is the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee.”
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“The type of work that we did in the Ways and Means Committee with respect to nuclear energy.”
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“I just had a private meeting with the budget director, Russ Vogt, on [the Great Salt Lake funding] issue.”
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“In my first term, I was in the minority as a freshman and was able to still pass legislation regarding the Great Salt Lake.”
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“It's called the Saline Lakes Ecosystems Act.”
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“It engages the U.S. Geological Survey to be able to start monitoring and evaluating [the Great Salt Lake].”
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“You've got our, you know, our folks talking to lower Colorado Bay, Colorado River Compact about what desalination efforts they can do.”
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“I do not agree with the judge's decision [on Prop 4].”
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“The constitutional authority to draw the maps is owned by the state legislature.”
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“Most of the states in the US actually were moving to some type of redistricting reform [in 2018].”
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“I think this should be on an every 10 year cycle.”
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“The Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act will force Congress to be able to vote on the entirety of the expenditure every year.”
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“It's not just thousands. We have the top 5% in northern Utah, top 5% of federal workforce.”
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“They've enacted an enormous amount of fraud that takes place within the health care system and a waste of taxpayer dollars that are just…”
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