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Kristi Noem Biography

Kristi Lynn Noem (/noʊm/; née Arnold; November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since January 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party. She previously served in the South Dakota House of Representatives.

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We have to get government out of the job of picking winners and losers. That's what they've been doing the last year and a half, getting in the way of businesses that are trying to reinvest to get our economy back on its feet.

Economy, Feet, Government, Jobs, Picking, Years

A lot of people have tried to put labels on me, but right now I'm focused on being Kristi Noem and getting my message out to South Dakotans.

Kristi, Labels, Messages, People, Tried

I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending and the debt that we have.

Alarmed, Everyday, Party, People, Tea, Thinking

I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient.

Class, Cutting, Freshman, Large, Leadership, Spending

I'd rather have a real South Dakotan who has lived in this state and made her living here instead of someone with a fancy East Coast law degree any day.

Degree, Degrees, Law, Living, Real

I think the knowledge about how legislation really affects small businesses is extremely valuable. If you haven't run a small business, then you don't have this kind of knowledge about how a regulation passed or taxes increased affects your bottom line. If you recognize that every new regulation takes that much more time to comply with, requires that many more employees, then it really gives you that foundational basis to make those decisions.

Basis, Businesses, Giving, Running, Taxes, Thinking

We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth.

Debt, Growth, Jobs, Leads, Stop, Tax

So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

Back, Home, Party, Tea

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D. C.

Conservatism, Mistake, Strong, Thinking, Washington

Every one says: 'Listen, I'd love to reinvest. I'd love to hire people. But I have no idea what this healthcare bill is going to do to my bottom line. I have no idea what this financial reform bill is going to do. . . I'm not going to step out a limb and do any of those until I know what this government is going to do to me.

Bottom, Financial, Government, Ideas, Listen, People

What our family has done is participate in the farm programs. And so the farm programs I think essentially almost every farmer in South Dakota has participated in those, and they haven't been bailouts, they have been programs that the United States has put forward for farmers to participate in.

Done, Farmer, Forward, Think, Thinking, United States

When you look at February's (2011) deficit spending alone, and the fact that it was larger than what our total deficit spending was in 2007, the proposals that the Senate is sending us simply are ridiculous, because it's not even a solution. It doesn't address the amount of spending that we have in a week's time. We need to get serious.

Looks, Needs, Serious, Simply, Time, Total

We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it's not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don't end up spending more money trying to file their taxes than they do actually paying in.

Money, Needs, People, Simplify, Spending, Trying