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John Michael "Mick" Mulvaney is an American politician who has been the U.

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You may not like the fact that Rudy Giuliani was involved. That's great. That's fine. It's not illegal. It's not impeachable. The President gets to use who The President wants to use.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

Did Mick Mulvaney also mention to me, in the past, the corruption related to the DNC server ? Absolutely. No question about that. But that's it. That's why we held up the money.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I have news for everybody: Get over it. There is going to be political influence in foreign policy.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

( Donald Trump) still considers Mick Mulvaney to be in the hospitality business.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I never saw that in the decision making process.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election ... There never was any condition on the flow of the aid related to the matter of the DNC server.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

Did he also mention to me ... the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely. No question about that. But that's it. And that's why we held up the money.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election. The president never told me to withhold any money until the Ukrainians did anything related to the server.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

Did Mick Mulvaney also mention to me in the past, the corruption related to the Democratic National Committee server ? Absolutely. No question, but that's it. That's why we held up the money.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

I have news for everybody : Get over it. There is going to be political influence in foreign policy.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

The look-back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the things that he was worried about in corruption in that nation.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

There never was any condition on the flow of the aid related to the matter of the Democratic National Committee server.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

The answer to that is, well the' so what' is Representative Gerald Connolly're going to be impeached because that's abuse of office. And extortion, the last time I checked, is still a crime.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

Get over it. There's going to be political influence in foreign policy.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

Everybody is trying to raise the caps.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

So you tell me if things are moving in the right direction.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

We're not done with her. I doubt she's done with us, we'll see how long that holds up.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

That's not an unreasonable thing to ask.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

The two are absolutely not linked, these are not tariffs as part of a trade dispute. These are tariffs as part of an immigration problem.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Shahira Knight is an incredible asset to me, to this administration, and to the country, shahira Knight's as valuable for Shahira Knight strategic political insights behind the scenes as Shahira Knight is for Shahira Knight numerous public contributions. I've enjoyed working alongside her every day I have been here, and it is an understatement to say that Shahira Knight will be sorely missed.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I do, but I also think we're being played by the Democrats a little bit, you know, I think what they want me to do is say,' well what we'll do is raise taxes, and we'll do this and this and this,' and then they'll have a news conference -- see, President Donald Trump wants to raise taxes. So it's a little bit of a game.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Is this a real negotiation ? I think it remains to be seen.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

You hate to sound like a cliche, but are you better off than you were four years ago ? It's pretty simple, right ? ' It's the economy, stupid.' I think that's easy, people will vote for somebody they don't like if they think it's good for them.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

They knew they were not going to get these taxes, that is not going to happen, and they know it. This is a political stunt by my former colleagues.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Democrats are demanding that the IRS turn over the documents. That is not going to happen, and they know it. This is a political stunt.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Top News

You can make all the promises you want but when you're still sending 100,000 people across the southern border, actions speak louder than words, we want to work with the Northern Triangle countries but we need their assistance.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

The president is not a white supremacist. I'm not sure how many times we have to say that.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

I disagree that there's a causal link between Donald Trump being president and something like this happening in New Zealand.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

I've been here six and a half, seven years now. And I've come to the realization that we are never going to balance the budget based just on spending reductions, we are not going to cut our way to balance. The attitude just doesn't exist for that on Capitol Hill.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

The President was not willing, because of the promises The President made on the campaign trail, to deal with those entitlement programs.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

You asked me a question : is the shutdown entirely off the table ? I would say no.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

Things on the ground are different. And when the circumstances change, you change your opinion.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I think he is. she can not be seen by her party as being weak on negotiating with President Donald Trump.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

She can not be seen by her party as being weak on negotiating with President Donald Trump.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

We have perhaps two of the most flawed human beings running for president in the history of the country.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

The president is very much aware of the realities presented by our national debt, america's booming economy will create increased government revenues — an important step toward long-term fiscal sustainability. But this fiscal picture is a blunt warning to Congress of the dire consequences of irresponsible and unnecessary spending.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

There's a very real possibility we will win a race for Senate in Florida and lose a race in Texas for Senate, O.K. ? i don't think The New York Times's likely, but it's a possibility. How likable is a candidate ? The New York Times still counts.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

They want you to think there's a blue wave when there's not.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

It has been almost 100 years since somebody reorganized the government on this scale, no one has even tried on this scale and, more importantly, nobody has followed through with this.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

They’re doing the same thing, why not put them in the same place?

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

I have not burned the place down.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

The permanent person is going to be named probably mid- to late next week.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Politics

I've talked with Kevin about this privately but not as much publicly, wouldn't it be great to force a Democrat running in a tight race to have to put up or shut up about voting for Nancy Pelosi eight weeks before an election ? That's a really, really good vote for us to force if we can figure out how to do it.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

If you aren't able in internal meetings to speak your mind, or convey thoughts, or say anything that you feel without feeling like your colleagues will betray you, that creates a very difficult work environment, i think anyone who works anywhere would recognize that.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress, if you were a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn't talk to you. If you were a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

This agency will stay open. Rumors that I'm going to set the place on fire, or blow it up or lock the doors are completely false, i am a member of the executive branch of government. We intend to execute the laws of the United States.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

I am just finding out about the powers I have as acting director and they would frighten most of you.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

It’s frightening to think about how little oversight Congress has over me now as I am the director.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

I am a member of the executive branch of government. We intend to execute the laws of the United States.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

Since my name is on the door, I want to be here.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

We are looking at the cost-sharing payments on a month-to-month basis. We made them today. We'll make them tomorrow, but I don't think we'll see a long-term commitment from this administration.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

So the president got his priorities funded, more money for the military, more money for southern -- the southern border security and more money for school choice, those are the same exact priorities that I talked about in March when we laid out the budget.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Opinion

I think the President is frustrated with the fact that he negotiated in good faith with the Democrats and they went out to try and spike the football and make him look bad, i think what you heard this morning was his sense of frustration over how he's getting mistreated by the Democrats on this bipartisan piece of legislation.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

It’s the same discussion they had about the Bush tax cuts in the previous administration: Are you better off having a smaller cut that is permanent, or a larger cut that is temporary?

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

I don't think we've decided that part yet, it's a balancing act in that you can either have a small tax cut that's permanent or a large tax cut that is short-term.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

I think the President was fairly straightforward, we're not spending money on that anymore. We consider that to be a waste of your money to go out and do that. So that is a specific tie to his campaign.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We have our list of priorities, we want more money for defense. We want to build a border wall. We want more money for immigration enforcement, law enforcement.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I do not think the government is going to shut down.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

That story got a little blown out of proportion, it's been an interesting process. I went to go talk to the Freedom Caucus about health care a couple weeks back. They knew what the deal was. The deal was that I'm just on a different team right now. But it's good competition. It's a real collegial thing still.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

This is really important to the President, i can tell you that this is a big part of draining the swamp. ... Really, what you are talking about doing is restructuring Washington, DC, and that is how you drain the swamp.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

What we are doing tomorrow is replacing the across-the-board hiring freeze that we put into place on day one in office and replacing it with a smarter plan, a more strategic plan, a more surgical plan.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I think the one thing we learned this week is that Washington was a lot more broken than President Trump thought that it was.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

It’s up to those guys in there, you heard a lot of members tonight express their passion about getting this done.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

The next question is going to be: How many miles of wall does that build, right? We don't know the answer to that question because we haven't settled on construction types, we haven't settled on where we're going to start.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

We have said this in the very beginning—we think the CBO is measuring against the wrong thing, to that same group of voters, go ask them. Go find the 55-year old person who is on ObamaCare right now and ask them if they can afford to go to the doctor—they will tell you, without exception, that they can’t and they know that our program will give that to them.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

I love the folks at the Congressional Budget Office, they work really hard. But sometimes we ask them to do stuff they're not capable of doing. And estimating the impact of a bill of this size probably isn't the best use of their time.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

We have a framework. We have a really, really good bill, we encourage the House and the Senate to try and make the bill better. We've laid out the things that the President needs.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

It’s falling into the same pattern as the previous speaker.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

To the extent that there is a Republican president who tries to overreach his executive privilege, we will push back against it.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

If you can move the mystical savings from years eight, nine, ten to now then yes (the Freedom Caucus would vote for it).

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

I don't like the use of the Overseas Contingency Operations budget to get around the budget caps, ... We're lying to people about how we spend their money.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

Just because Ryan Ryan are Paul Ryan doesn't mean it's going to be any better.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 6 years ago U.S.

The population of the committees need to be reviewed.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

I think the important question is, will things change? will they change for the better or will we simply replace Mr. Boehner with somebody else who does the same thing?

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

The way for conservatives to make an impact is to coalesce and stick together, we know we are outnumbered. I look forward to working with the next speaker to continue moving Republican Conference a little further to the right.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

We’ll see my amendments over and over again in appropriations bills, we’ll bring those back again and again.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Latest Headlines

People haven't focused on the infrastructure Lindsey takes, politics is a business in South Carolina. You have three or four really good consultants and pollsters. And in each county and town there is a leading activist. Lindsey will tie a lot of those people up. The Quinns can't work for Christie or Bush or any of those people. Lindsey knows all of the best operators in every single county and he is going to try to get every one of those people.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

I’m more angry than I was yesterday.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Latest Headlines

Everybody knows it would take Democrat cooperation to do that, which is not going to happen. So I think that any discussion about that is just not premature, I think it's irrelevant.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

American Action Network should be spending their money to try and get those Democrats to change the votes, not beating up on Republicans in the House.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

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