A biography for Jason T. Smithhasn’t been written yet.
“Washington politicians should not be treated any differently than any other American. That's what people are fed up with.”
“You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy that sometimes you've got to take bites out of the apple instead of the whole apple.”
“I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.”
“There wasn't a bigger issue in my campaign than Obamacare. Everyone I talk to, every business, a lot of family farmers, are concerned about how this will affect them.”
“There are over 170,000 pages of regulations in Washington, D.C. I want to streamline the rules in the federal government to basically allow businesses to grow without fear of burdensome federal regulations. That's a passion to me, regulatory reform.”