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Mike Rogers: “We tried several things. The one thing I think that we tried…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

Mike Rogers talks to voters about abortion, opioid crisis, America's greatest threat

Published May 5, 2023 | Video Starts at 15:33

The problem with these local communities sometimes is the local rules and regs are the problem. It's not the federal rules and regs. It's the local rules and regs trying to get housing that fits the need. And We tried several things. The one thing I think that we tried when George Bush was president was the American Dream Act. I don't know if you remember this, where they were given loans to people who probably didn't qualify for them. (15:33–15:40)

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Asserts that the American Dream Act was attempted during George Bush's presidency.

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“We have been invaded digitally with cyber warfare, stealing intellectual property, stealing government secrets, disrupting certain…”
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“They do 90% of the processing of everything that goes in electric battery cars, even the ones built here in the United States.”
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“Last year, two thirds of 8th graders were not reading proficient. Two thirds in the United States of America, half of our high school…”
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“China's teaching quantum mechanics in the 8th grade.”
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“The Supreme Court did something interesting. They pushed it [abortion legislation] down to the states.”
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“I know New Hampshire has a 24 week requirement.”
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“One third of all teenage girls in 2021 thought about committing suicide.”
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“The marijuana today is about, is 12% to 14% THC. You know, back in the sixties, it was five.”
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“Right now, I think the waiting time is months. I mean, months not. And sometimes I heard three years.”
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“Flood the zone with both volunteers and other folks, maybe not lawyers.”
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“Adjudicate it within 72 hours.”
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“Hold them in a camp, say, guess what? You didn't hit the right criteria. Thanks for playing. You're going home.”
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“Technology and people and a wall where it makes sense.”
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“Allow them to come in and work with green cards. We know who they are. We know their biometrics.”
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“I was in Iowa. They were talking about last year, strawberries rotten in the field.”
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“We have a solution for this that gives us a secure border and gives these people some opportunity.”
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“Show Americans we're going to secure the border, but more importantly, show the rest of the world we're going to secure the border.”
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