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“Through the Internet, ISIS and other terrorist groups reach people they wouldn't ordinarily be able to reach.”
“You don't have to destroy an entire industry to rid it of corruption.”
“Anyone can run against me. I don't care.”
“If we start exposing what gets said in a grand jury, you won't get anybody to testify.”
“It's so much more difficult to get police officers to testify against other police officers.”
“I am in favor of reforming our tax code. It's over-burdensome. It's complex. It's unfair. But the one thing that we have to do is make sure that all Americans receive a tax cut.”
“I happen to be unique. I'm a Republican that represents an urban area.”
“I represent 740,000 people who live in Brooklyn and in Staten Island. And I have to vote the way I see is in their interests and their interests only.”
“I've never seen my filings. I've instructed my campaign to review my filings and check and see if any don't comply with state election laws, and return them.”
“I have never said I was against raising the minimum wage.”
“I was Guy Molinari's chief of staff.”
“Paul Ryan wants to get health care repaired and certainly Dan Donovan wants to.”
“I just simply can't support having my constituents pay more taxes and not receive more benefits for their tax payments.”
“People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.”
“I wanted nothing more than to vote for a tax plan that would put more money in the pockets of overburdened taxpayers and spur job creation.”
“Sleeping in my office isn't very comfortable, but it's my choice to save for my daughter's college instead of spending money on a D.C. apartment.”
“A 75-year-old man doesn't need maternity leave or maternity care. A young person doesn't need geriatric care.”
“We have to help people with their expenses of their health care, their access to their health care, and certainly for the actual care that they receive.”
“Our families are overburdened with taxes.”
“My priority always has and will continue to be the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn who sent me to Congress to represent them. Their interests come before Washington, always.”