“We need accountability.”
— Steve Scalise
January 25, 2026 • Scalise discussing federal law enforcement and political violence during a Face the Nation interview.
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“We need accountability.”
“American companies must not go along.”
“The Attorney General has a unique obligation.”
“You know how you make America great again?”
“Don't let them step on you.”
“America should be producing more energy.”
“There is going to have to be concessions made.”
“The COVID gods.”
“9/11 absolutely happened.”
“Let's at least do a 10-day emergency investigation.”
“Politics is downstream from culture.”
“They died of malaria.”
“We have millions of people, could be well over 100 million people on our Social Security rolls.”
“Ukraine has to win.”
“They have been inaccurate on many occasions.”
“We want their funding to be shut down.”
“These false statements implicate Joe Biden's knowledge and role.”
“This is a lie.”
“Equal justice matters.”
“Donald Trump can sit there, he can even wear like the wigs they wear in the U.K. court system.”