Jeb Hensarling

“I do not want America to default on its debt.”

“Nobody wants to shut down the government.”

“I'm not pro-business. I'm pro-free enterprise.”

“I'm always ready to negotiate in good faith with others.”

“Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals in order to pay for theirs.”

“Even though I'm a chairman, I don't always get my way.”

“From the takeover of Detroit and the failed stimulus packages to the enactment of Obamacare, the president and congressional Democrats chose to use Americas economic crisis as an excuse to expand government rather than as an opportunity to responsibly shrink it.”

“The easiest thing that is done, unfortunately, in Washington is to spend money today and send the bill to our children and grandchildren.”

“What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.”

“Listen, I wish economic growth only went in one direction. It doesn't. There are economic downturns. They're painful, they're harmful, and they hurt families.”

“I don't know how we will ever have the moral authority to deal with social welfare if we can't deal with corporate welfare.”

“Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France.”

“As a matter of principle, Republicans do not believe in federal price controls.”

“The destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey is unlike anything my home state has ever experienced. As long as I live, I'll never forget those images of elderly women waiting in waist-deep water to be rescued.”

“You talk to any of the job creators, and they'll tell you one of the things that concerns them the most is the debt. And so high levels of indebtedness are going to lead to high levels of taxation, which lead to high level of unemployment.”

“In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.”

“We cannot watch another family lose everything - risking their lives and the lives of the first responders sent to rescue them - because the flood insurance program's seal of government approval fooled them into thinking they were safe. That's more than wrong: it's immoral.”

“I want to protect consumers from their government.”

“In many respects, you can argue Dodd-Frank isn't even law. It's a license for unaccountable, un-elected officials to make law.”

“After Dodd-Frank, the big banks were bigger. The small banks are fewer.”