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“For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.”
“I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.”
“Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality.”
“Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.”
“Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios and whatever else they sell around the world. That was why Iran needed a deal. Everyone knows they fund terrorism around the world. Having that extra money will add a lot of problems and create a lot more hot spots.”
“You take away the money from Israel? No. That's something we can't do.”
“Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.”
“I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.”