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Greg Steube was first elected to Congress in 2018 to represent Florida’s 17th District which spans Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, and Okeechobee counties, as well parts of Sarasota, Lee, and Polk counties. He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010. He is an Army veteran and lives in Sarasota.

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Greg Steube
stated on December 4, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:

"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2019
Greg Steube
stated on July 12, 2019 in a tweet:

"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on the National Defense Authorization Act.

By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2019
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 in a press release:

"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."

By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
Greg Steube
stated on November 19, 2015 in House Judiciary Committee hearing on his bill allowing concealed carry on college campuses:

Oregon’s Umpqua Community College "where the shooting occurred was a gun-free zone."

By Joshua Gillin • November 24, 2015
Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 in a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

By Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015

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