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" I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives. "

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" Of my three daughters and one daughter-in-law, they all work. They all work, some of them full-time, some of them part-time. But they're still there as moms. And when they come home and take over that responsibility, they need a shared partner, and that partner is that partner for life. And I'm talking about, of course, the father. "

" Americans are fed up with how things are going in the country right now. They see more job losses, rising debt and plummeting home sales. They feel let down by a government that passes one 2,000-page, trillion-dollar law after another instead of focusing on addressing the problems Americans worry about every day. "

" With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of their union, the federal government loses the immensely valuable civil service for which he or she was originally hired to perform. "

" In 2012, a hamburger cost Amtrak $16.15, with riders paying $9.50. This means that we, the taxpayers, are forced to pick up the tab for the remaining $6.65 through subsidies provided to Amtrak. "

" Reports have indicated that several border agents have contracted diseases through contact with the unaccompanied minors. "

" Everyone depending on foreign fuels are all too inclined, it seems, to let jobs leave this country. "

" Roger Kahn is someone with a gazillion dollars who thinks that he can use his vast fortune to buy television spots, particularly network television, and boost up his positives, make him appear to be a gentleman farmer, and cover up his warts. "

" We will literally send a van and a photographer to the home of anybody that can say they can't get a picture made and a photo ID and we will do it... at the state's cost and the taxpayer cost and not at the individual cost. "

" I think the time has come when the American people understand that federal employees need to work an 8-hour day just like everybody else. "

" A lot of times, you're just so determined to get everything that you're going to vote 'no' if you don't. But if you get 75% of what you want and what your district wants, you should be satisfied with that. "

" I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job. "

" With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?' "

" At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government, and defending our traditional family values. "

" For the life of me, I can't understand why BP couldn't go in at the ocean floor, maybe 10 feet lateral to the - around the periphery, drill a few holes, and put a little ammonium nitrate, some dynamite, in those holes and detonate that dynamite and seal that - seal that leak. And seal it permanently. "

" A lot of people get elected to Congress, and sometimes a part of their pledge is a term-limit pledge. There's no accountability. "

" We could repeal Dodd-Frank. I think that would be a big help. "

" Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world. "

" I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years and am excited to now be joining the respected, growing Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Drinker Biddle & Reath. "

" People - particularly in the Southeast, Georgia, my district, all across the state - they don't want the federal government to have the ability, at times whenever the federal government wants to declare an emergency, to start going around and confiscating people's guns. "

" I think that our leadership, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, are taking the right approach. "

" The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one of those. "

" For goodness' sakes, back in 2006, when we were about to lose the battle in Iraq, thank goodness our patriots fought in the Anbar province and Fallujah and turned that thing around. "

" I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming. "

" I will be personally seeking alternatives for my family's health care coverage, just like the rest of Americans affected by Obamacare. In the meantime, I will do everything in my power to fight this terrible piece of legislation. "

" I have actively opposed every bailout, every rebate check, every so called 'stimulus.' "

" We have responsibility for ONC and the HITECH act. We've spent tens of billions on non-interoperable products. It may be time for us to look closer at the activities of vendors in the space, given the possibility that fraud is being perpetrated on the American people. "

" Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning. "

" I get along with people. But I don't sacrifice my principles either. "

" Republicans are listening and offering better solutions that get Washington out of your way, out of your pocket, and back on your side. "

" States should require vaccinations for communicable diseases, like measles and the mumps. But you can't catch HPV if an infected schoolmate coughs on you or shares your juice box at lunch. Whether or not girls get vaccinated against HPV is a decision for parents and physicians, not state governments. "