A biography for Chris Gibsonhasn’t been written yet.
“There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about the paratroopers I served with who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.”
“If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.”
“This is what my calling is now. I'm here to try to help our party.”
“My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.”
“For too long, Gov. Cuomo has led with fear, intimidation, and bullying.”
“The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.”
“Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.”
“I have two basic votes before I vote: is it constitutional, and is it in the interests of my people. If the answer is yes to both of them, then I vote for it, and I don't care who authored it.”
“By training and keeping doctors in underserved areas, we're working toward a goal of increasing access to quality health care for more of our communities.”
“I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.”
“Jesus's first commandment was to love one another.”
“Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.”
“The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.”
“Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.”
“We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.”
“Among the chartered responsibilities of the federal government were, in those areas where appropriate - such as facilitating interstate commerce - to provide for justice and domestic tranquility, the common defense, and to secure the blessings of liberty.”
“I thank the voters of Upstate N.Y. for this privilege to serve and pledge to continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in this final term.”
“I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private.”
“The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.”
“Moving forward, I will be committed to building a stronger team so that the GOP can compete and win statewide in 2018, including the possibility of being a candidate in that cycle.”