Rob Simmons
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"Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons" is a retired U.S. Army Colonel (United States)/Colonel and former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing CT-2/Connecticut's Second Congressional District as a Republican Party (United States)/Republican.

Simmons unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Connecticut in 2010.

He currently is Chairman of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy.

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My opponents attitude is, 'If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it."

We gave the commission facts.

It was incredibly tense.

Oh God, I'm so excited. We're marathon runners, and marathon runners focus on the goal. The goal was always today and we wanted to pace ourselves for today. We broke the tape today. We won.

The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end.

General Newton was our hero, ... And, when the chairman said he strongly supported the motion — boy, that was a great relief.

We gave the commission facts, ... We went from criterion to criterion to criterion and proved them wrong at every point.

I don't call it political favors.

I think I have been a good soldier, ... So you can imagine my shock on May 13 when the only base in my state, which happens to be 10 minutes from my house, was on the list.