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" I like to be around people, so I ended up being roommates, right? I had a house. I lived with four guys. "

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" The facts are clear. Obamacare is failing the American people. "

" The gasoline tax is a user fee, but it does not fill enough of the need, and you want cars to be more efficient. "

" Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward. "

" I believe you can work with anybody. "

" Peace comes through strength, not through retreat. "

" For years now, long before I became House majority leader, I have been passionate about foreign affairs because I believe that anyone who leads in Washington must appreciate the significance of America's role in providing for global security and prosperity. "

" I don't live in D.C. I keep an air mattress in my office. "

" My wife Judy and I have two kids: Connor, 17, and Meghan, who is 14. My wife and I no longer worry about what we become - we are worried about what our children become. "

" If Russia wants to use energy as a weapon against our friends and allies, let's use our resources to set them free. "

" We're going to have to control the spending of government. "

" The thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.' "

" I will tell you that the special relationship that America has with the Israeli people transcends any of the politics. "

" It's the old Washington fiscal game of Jenga. You try to build as much debt as you can take, as much tax as you can take, until you topple the entire economy. "

" Many times, the Senate talks of things and never gets anything through. "

" There's a staircase on the first floor of the Capitol that I walk every day. It's made of marble, and as you walk those steps, you think of those who've walked before you. You think of the challenges that the country's faced. "

" Small business creates more jobs than large corporations. "

" I don't want to become Washington. "

" We're going to do tax reform to let people keep more of what they earn, grow an economy, and be able to save for your children's future and buy a new house. "

" 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. "

" I'm a conservative. I believe in the idea of freedom and liberty, but more importantly, look at my voting background. I voted against bailing out Wall Street. I voted against, never voted for, a tax increase. "

" 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. "

" A lot of times, people just want to be an individual. But if you really want to win, at the end of the day, it's not about you just achieving something. Everybody can achieve more if they work together. "

" Outside of the family, education is the greatest determinant of social mobility. "

" Small businesses already struggle to compete with big businesses that enjoy the luxury of a tax code filled with corporate loopholes. "

" The whip's office is almost more educational - educating members on the bill itself, listening to members ahead of time. "

" 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? "

" When government grows, it breaks the family. "

" In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control. "

" The simple truth is that the implementation of Obamacare has hurt Americans and their health care more than it has helped. "

" How we fund transportation in this country is broken. You all pay a gasoline tax, right? Well, cars go farther, we get electric cars, and so on. And then we do more with the money than just build roads. We do bike lanes and mass transit. "