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“I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better.”
“I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.”
“Black holes destroy any objects that happen to fall victim to their gravitational pull.”
“I believe any time that both parties are talking, it's a good thing.”
“For restaurants that have a minimum gratuity charge on large groups, the IRS will now count those tips as regular wages rather than traditional tips that we are all familiar with when we dine out. Ask any server, and they will tell you that this will directly affect their day-to-day lifestyle.”
“I think there are changes in the environment. There are a lot of items to contribute to it.”
“In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control.”
“Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of health care, you cried 'Stop!'... but the Democratic Majority in Washington has refused to listen.”
“We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.”
“I don't come from an Ivy League school or anywhere else.”
“When government grows, it breaks the family.”
“We are committed to doing trade, tax reform, infrastructure. All we need is someone that wants to work with us.”
“Budgets are blueprints and priorities.”
“Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.”
“When I think of the future, I think of my 15 year old son Connor and my 12 year old daughter Meghan. I worry about their future because your kids are as important to you as mine are to me. And I am unwilling to leave our children with so much debt.”
“If you're in the minority, every advantage is against you, right? So the only advantage you have against the majority is they're too lazy to know their own rules, right? So it's like a game of poker.”
“Peace comes through strength, not through retreat.”
“I don't want to become Washington.”
“We can't be afraid to call the enemy what it is: Radical Islamic terrorism.”
“Every sandwich I sold, the city got more sales tax, the state got more. But they came in and they would want to give me a ticket because I have a sign outside trying to get more business, right?”