Jeff Fortenberry

“I came west for opportunity. I made Lincoln my home.”

“I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.”

“Christians, Yezidis, and other religious minorities have every right to remain in their ancestral homelands.”

“Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is a scourge for humanity, and America must project its values and protect vulnerable persons.”

“From all indications, the Offutt runway replacement is not a matter of 'if.' It is a matter of 'when.'”

“Iraqis must fight for their own country.”

“When you're just focused on nutrition and hunger, that's a harder, harder lift in isolation.”

“It's particularly incumbent in the Middle East on Sunni Arab nations to fight for values, to fight for the protection of innocent life, to fight for the principles of civilization and stability and order itself.”

“So many young people are coming out of a generation that has experienced deep woundedness and brokenness, and they are full of life. They are eager to engage. They care about community, and they care about one another.”

“We need to stop this overspending. We need to start turning this battleship in the right direction. And we all have to share in the sacrifice.”

“We need to reinstate the idea of federalism.”

“The consequence of shutting down the government was not healthy.”

“I don't fund county roads.”

“People can transcend and overcome their differences and be very easily bonded.”

“We're living in a time where I think most people are wanting someone to invite them respectfully to a policy position, not try to just slash and burn the other person.”

“There's nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed by what's right in America.”

“No one should have to live in fear.”

“You want stability in the world, you have to start with values.”

“I reserve the right to survey the national political landscape for candidates at all levels who reflect a proper understanding of our national security, economic security, and family security - the ideals of social conservation, the heart and strength of our country.”

“Fiscal discipline can turn the economy around.”