Making Washington Focus On Results
Sen. David Perdue – Making Washington More Results Oriented
By Erich J. Prince, Merion West
Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) took office in January, 2015.
Prior to being elected to the Senate, Mr. Perdue spent decades in the private sector, rising to CEO of Reebok and later Dollar General. His 2014 Senate bid was his first run for political office, and he has emphasized his business background both as a candidate and as a United States Senator.
Since taking office, Senator Perdue has supported infrastructure projects such as the deepening of the Port of Savannah, as well as fiscal accountability issues including pressing for an audit of the Department of Defense. He frequently works closely with President Trump. Senator Perdue joins Merion West’s editor Erich Prince to discuss his experience as a businessperson-turned-politician, bringing private sector concepts to Washington, and his strong support for term limits for members of Congress.
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David Talks Economic Momentum On Bloomberg TV
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David Talks Funding Process & Fed. Reserve Hearing On CNBC
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“The Cost Of Socialism Is Freedom”
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David Talks G-20 & Democrat Debate on CNBC
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“Hanging Tough”
‘Hanging tough’
Senator thanks GOP for support, urges more
Brett Fowler, The Walton Tribune
MONROE, Ga. — In case people thought the Walton County Republican Party’s annual barbecue was some small event, just know even President Donald Trump had heard about the annual event held at the Roberts farm in rural Walton County.
“Every year people all around the state know about this, but a lot of people in Washington know about this,” U.S. Sen. David Perdue said while addressing the crowd Saturday evening. “As a matter of fact, I talked to President Trump two nights ago and he said to give (Roy Roberts) his best.”
Perdue’s proclamation was met with a roar of applause from those in attendance.
Roy Roberts Sr., chairman of the Walton County GOP, has held the event at his farm annual for many years and has always gotten the biggest names in Georgia politics to make their way to Walton County. Key speakers for this year’s event included U.S. Rep. Jody Hice; Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan; state Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black; state Reps. Bruce Williamson, Tom Kirby and Houston Gaines and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
But it was Perdue who got some of the biggest applause during and after his seven minutes with the microphone.
While not an election year, many of the politicians in attendance made it clear they wanted to make sure republicans showed up in next year’s election.
“I want to thank you guys for hanging tough in that governor’s race. You stood up to the onslaught of the Democrats,” Perdue said. “(The Democrats) really thought they could come in here and spend almost $100 million against Brian Kemp, Geoff Duncan and all our state officers and steal this state for the Democratic Party.
“But we’re going to continue to hang in there and were going to turn it around even better this time. What we have to do in 2020 that we didn’t even do in 2018 is that’s get even more votes. We got over 4 million votes out in an off-year election, but we’ve got to go even further. I’ve heard them say it, but the Democrats believe the way to win the White House is to win Georgia in 2020. So we’ve got to make sure we get every single person in the state of Georgia who will listen to us to go out and vote because the Democrats are going to make sure they go and get their vote out.”
Once the importance of getting out to vote was established, the subject changed to current legislation that has passed into law or is currently being worked on. Another major subject was the recent success of the economy under Trump.
“This is a guy that’s breaking eggs in Washington just like he said he would do. Five million new jobs and the economy is growing at twice the rate it did under Barack Obama,” Perdue said. “We’ve lowered the debt curve by $3 trillion over the next decade. We have the lowest unemployment in 50 years. We have the highest median income, right now, in U.S. history. This president’s agenda is working.”
Perdue also made sure to note disaster relief was coming for the state of Georgia to help recover after an onslaught of natural disasters over the last two years.
“Brian Kemp and Geoff Duncan have been absolute warriors for this disaster relief effort,” Perdue said. “I’m proud to say we’ve got it done in the Senate. It passed 85-8 last week because the president himself stepped in and broke the log jam.”
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WATCH: David’s Speech To The Georgia Republican Party State Convention
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David Visits The Savannah Port
Senator Perdue visits port to get update on Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
Fox 28
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is getting closer to being finished.
Senator David Perdue stopped by the port on Friday to see the progress.
He used to sit on the board at the port and said they’ve been trying to get the harbor deepened for 20 years.
It will allow bigger container ships come into the Georgia port.
“Target here somewhere between the next 5 to 10 years, this port could almost double in terms of its capacity,” said Perdue.
For the third year in a row, the project will get full federal funding. The Trump administration approved $130 million dollars for SHEP in 2020.
Edward McCarthy, COO of Georgia Ports Authority said this is very exciting for them.
“Three years in a row, the funding to get this harbor deepening project completed by the end of 2021, we’re just thrilled and we’re happy it’s moving along,” said McCarthy.
Perdue took a tour of the port and checked out how things are coming with the project. He said things are on track and this will be a major benefit for the area.
“But I think bigger than that, because of its geographic location and the layout of the roads, the workforce here, the productivity, it services almost half of America’s consumption,” said Perdue.
By deepening the harbor just five feet, they can bring in ships much larger than what we see now.
“It’s a $282 million savings year on year, every year for the life of this project, so it’s a tremendous benefit to the country,” said McCarthy.
With a deeper port, they can put more containers on ships, bringing down shipping costs.
“The growth in this facility has just been remarkable, it’s the third largest port in the country and the fastest growing port,” said Perdue.
Officials said the state has done a lot with roads and bridges to handle all the increased traffic from the port.
The project will be completed at the end of 2021 at the earliest, or by 2022.
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David Talks Trade Negotiations With China On CNBC
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