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" When you're asked by the president to serve, it's awfully hard to say no, and I'm loyal. "

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" The quality of our Airmen in Montana coupled with the proven mission excellence of the 120th Airlift Wing, and historical need for assets to fight the devastating forest fires we continue to see in Montana and the Northwest United States, should have mandated the relocation of these assets to Montana. "

" If you get the government off our back, there's no economy in the world that can create more jobs in the long-term for everybody. "

" I look forward to making the Department of Interior and America great again. "

" To be a Navy SEAL, it's three and a half years training before you're ever put into harm's way the first time. "

" Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to anyone who serves honourably. I think it's despicable that a president would put veterans on his website and list them on an enemies list. "

" I believe in American exceptionalism. As a Navy SEAL, I fought so that I would never have to see my president bow to anyone. "

" Radical Islamic terrorists and those who fund it remain a credible threat to America and a clear and present danger to democracy. "

" We need to make sure these Islamic terrorist organizations don't become mainstream. We're fighting an ideology as much as a group of radical terrorists. "

" The federal government needs to do a much better job of managing our resources, but the sale or transfer of our land is an extreme proposal, and I won't tolerate it. "

" There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented. "

" If you find a node that you can penetrate, that you can eliminate, and draw more information for future operations, I think it's prudent to do. "

" As a former Commander, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. As a state senator, I gave that same oath. As a Congressman, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution. There are some things that are not negotiable: Faith, my family, and the Constitution are dead center. It is nonnegotiable to me. "

" I have always been a strong supporter of public lands and have voted against the transfer or sale of public lands. My position is known and well-established. "

" Obama and his Democrat allies in Congress have proven they will use bait-and-switch tactics to move more unvetted refugees into our communities. This will inevitably put our nation and our citizens at risk for future terrorist attacks. "

" Under our rules of engagement, if I were ISIS, what I would do is collocate my headquarters next to a school or a hospital and ensure that there would be collateral damage. They know our rules of engagement as well as we do. They operate with impunity. "

" We need to secure our southern border. Clearly, the southern border is now a nexus between immigration and national security. It's a sieve. "

" I think America is strong enough to fix the problems, grace and honor to D.C. I think energy independence and control spending. We have to go to a balanced budget. Quite frankly, as far as our debt goes, I don't think you can tax your way out of it. I think people are taxed enough. "

" Our foreign policy and our military policy is make sure that we fight on foreign shores and not shores here. "

" We have more women serving in the military than any time in our nation's history, and yet the VA has not done a pivot to look at women's healthcare issues. "

" I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana. "

" Nicknamed 'Mad-Dog Mattis' by his men, he was a command warrior in the old George Patton mode. He wasn't an armchair general by any definition of that much-maligned term. If a Marine re-upped at a location where he was present, he would personally go to that Marine and thank him or her for rejoining. "

" Technology certainly is going faster. Dynamics on the battlefield are faster. And so, I think you do need, you know, a warrior that is adept in technology, you know, certainly skilled. "

" We use our land for hunting, fishing, hiking, and to create jobs. Our outdoor economy is a billion dollar economic engine for the state that creates jobs. "

" I was making Molotov cocktails long before I knew the name for them. "

" Congress has the constitutional responsibility to control the power of the 'purse'. "

" When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit. "

" A lot of what a military officer does is not just leading troops in combat. It's also doing budgets. It's solving complex problems. If you can sit down with warlords, you can certainly sit down with different parties and folks with different interests and come out with an amenable solution. "

" One of our pillars has to be national security - our nation's security both domestically and abroad. "

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" Too many of Montana's own have fallen in the line of duty fighting radical Islamic terrorists, like 31-year-old husband and father of four, Blackfeet warrior Army Corporal Tony 'Many Hides' of Great Falls. "

" I think it's a reasonable request to ask: if you're going to write a piece of regulation that affects Montana, I think you should know the difference between Butte and Bozeman. "