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" I think it's encouraging that President Trump is talking about strengthening our national defense, something he ran on again. "
Steve Scalise
Talking
President
He
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" The only thing that gets reported are the tragedies. But it rarely gets reported when somebody actually uses their Second Amendment right with a gun to protect themselves against a criminal. "
Steve Scalise
Right
Against
Gun
" Dr. King challenged our country to fulfill the promises of liberty, equality, and justice prescribed in the founding of our great nation. Leading by example, he stressed the teachings of tolerance, service, and love, regardless of race, color, or creed. "
Steve Scalise
Love
Service
Great
" You gotta get into some confrontations sometimes to get the right result on the floor, but I think the bulk of our membership wants us to work out problems before a bill comes to the floor. "
Steve Scalise
Result
Us
Problems
" There was this mischaracterization that I ran for leadership to be the guy to get conservatives to vote for leadership. I said I would be a conservative voice at the leadership table. "
Steve Scalise
Voice
Conservative
Leadership
" I don't have any records from back in 2002, but when people called and asked me to speak to groups, I went and spoke to groups. "
Steve Scalise
Spoke
Speak
Records
" You can't say it's broken, but let's keep some of Obamacare. You have to start over. "
Steve Scalise
Keep
Broken
You
" Mike Pence, of course, is a governor with executive experience and doing well in a Midwestern state, but also served in Congress. I served with Mike. "
Steve Scalise
State
Congress
Well
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Game
Health
Talk
" We had eight years of Barack Obama depleting our military, ignoring a lot of the threats around the world. "
Steve Scalise
Military
Years
World
" We ought to have a platform to plan to save Medicare from bankruptcy. "
Steve Scalise
Plan
Bankruptcy
Medicare
" I'm not for amnesty. People must play by the rules. And border enforcement must come first. "
Steve Scalise
Border
Play
Rules
" If Republicans are going in the wrong direction, I am still willing to stand up against them. "
Steve Scalise
Stand Up
Direction
I Am
" I was on the board of Teach for America. And we transformed a failed public school system in the City of New Orleans, probably the most corrupted and failed system in the country. "
Steve Scalise
America
Teach
School
" We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall. "
Steve Scalise
President
Build
Wall
" House Republicans are the most powerful force for limited government, strong national defense, and economic opportunity that exists in America today. But it is not enough to just talk about conservative values. "
Steve Scalise
Opportunity
Today
Powerful
" I said I reject any form of bigotry, bigotry of all kinds. "
Steve Scalise
Reject
Any
Form
" We're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas. "
Steve Scalise
Ideas
Opportunity
Talents
" 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. "
Steve Scalise
Build
Create
You
" Who makes decisions for families across America? Should it be a family with their doctor, or should it be some unelected bureaucrat in Washington? "
Steve Scalise
Decisions
Some
Doctor
" We ought to prioritize national disasters... in a fiscally responsible way. "
Steve Scalise
Prioritize
Responsible
Disasters
" We want to build a wall. "
Steve Scalise
Wall
Want
Build
" When you get into this line of work, you're in public office, you expect you're gonna have cheap shots taken at you. That's part of the process. "
Steve Scalise
Work
Office
Cheap
" Over the years, CBO has been all over the board on healthcare. The only consistent point is they've missed the mark on different pieces. That's the nature of a scorekeeper. "
Steve Scalise
Years
Healthcare
Missed
" You can't have one, two, three more picks on the Supreme Court go against our Second Amendment rights. "
Steve Scalise
You
Two
Three
" We shouldn't be bailing out insurance companies under ObamaCare. "
Steve Scalise
Insurance
Obamacare
Companies
" I opposed the bailout of banks and car companies. "
Steve Scalise
Companies
Banks
Bailout
" If you're making enemies along the way, you're going to limit the ability for yourself to be successful in advancing your causes. "
Steve Scalise
Successful
You
Way
" There are a lot of people in the Rust Belt who felt like, 'Nobody's concerned about me, and my shot at the American dream is going away.' We need to restore that. "
Steve Scalise
American
People
American Dream
" If you don't agree, present what you think is a better way. "
Steve Scalise
Agree
Better
Present
" Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have anything to do with the healthcare decisions made between a patient and their doctor. "
Steve Scalise
Doctor
Decisions
Patient