Dave Brat
American economist and professor at Randolph–Macon College
David Alan Brat (July 27, 1964) is an American academic and politician who is the dean of the Liberty University School of Business. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2014 to 2019. He defeated Eric Cantor for the Republican Party nomination to the seat, becoming the first primary challenger to unseat a House Majority Leader since 1899. He was defeated by Democratic Party candidate Abigail Spanberger in 2018.
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edit- Trump’s priority in moving the embassy is a huge symbol, You’ve heard of other presidents who have started to do it but they end up not doing it, but I think he will. And I support it.
- Dave Brat: Trump ‘Has The Guts’ To Move U.S. Embassy To Jerusalem (December 23, 2016)
- We want Trump to be hugely successful, so we don’t want to handle a bill that’s going to fail in a few years, Trump ran on price-discovery and competition across state lines, getting the price down — the price is going up by 20 percent and the bill we are getting ready to vote on, once again, goes back and does too much emphasis on the coverage aspect
- Rep. Dave Brat: RyanCare a Perverse Economic System (March 17, 2017)
- This is not like any other policy issue. This will determine the nature of our country over the next decades in how we settle this. Either we’re going to add to the anxiety and all this hate-filled back and forth, or we find an economic solution for this country moving forward.
