Steve Scalise

“I don't want doctors and patients to be having to - having to literally ration care, take away that relationship by having the government come in and interfere.”

“Especially in the whip operation, you're in constant contact with the members and their chiefs of staff, so having a chief who's approachable and reaches out to other chiefs so people know what's going - know what they're looking for in the policy that comes to the House floor - is incredibly important.”

“For all the banging from the Left that, you know, 'They don't care about people with pre-existing conditions' - There was never a day where our conference was willing to leave people out in the cold.”

“If you're making enemies along the way, you're going to limit the ability for yourself to be successful in advancing your causes.”

“People want smart energy policy.”

“I understand from experience that unity is easy to call for, but it takes the right kind of leadership to achieve.”

“I'm not for amnesty. People must play by the rules. And border enforcement must come first.”

“The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore.”

“My theory has always been, if you take care of your business today, take care of the job you have at hand, whatever else comes down the road will be there for you.”

“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have anything to do with the healthcare decisions made between a patient and their doctor.”

“A lot of individuals have had their personal information compromised, and then we've seen just about every corporation in this country hacked or attempted to be hacked by foreign countries.”

“You can't have one, two, three more picks on the Supreme Court go against our Second Amendment rights.”

“A national carbon tax would devastate an already struggling American economy, force the cost of gas at the pump to jump even higher, and kill millions more jobs here at home.”

“I just know how lucky I am.”

“Paying for disasters and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive.”

“When you elected me to serve as your Whip, I committed to create an inclusive and open Whip operation - one that didn't just register your objections and move on, but instead actively sought you out and worked to build coalitions that enabled us to advance our agenda on some of the most controversial issues we have faced.”

“At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I'm proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service.”

“Let's lower costs for health care. Let's put patients in charge of their solutions.”

“We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border.”

“You want to talk about something that truly changes the game in this country, Medicaid is one of the most failed forms of health care.”