Dave Brat
Dave Brat represents Virginia's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the seat in 2014 after pulling of a stunning upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican Primary. He is active in the Freedom Caucus, a conservative wing of Republican congressmen.
Prior to Congress, Brat was chairman of the business and economics department at Randolph-Macon College.
Brat, a midwestern native, has obtained a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in economics from American University. He began teaching at Randolph-Macon in 1996.
Brat served two Governors on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists. He was president of the Virginia Association of Economists.
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On Abigail Spanberger: "She got $2.2 million from ActBlue...That is the George Soros resistance group."
Abigail Spanberger "wants a tax increase of $32 trillion - that’s with a `T,’ to pay for her socialist health care plan."
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"So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So…
"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."
"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the…
Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience."
"I was one of the few, very few, who voted `no’ on the Iran deal."
"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"
Repealing Obamacare saves "our nation more than $2 trillion."
"Since President Obama took office in January 2009, the federal government has issued more than 468,500 pages of regulations."