Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.
When mainstream Muslims defeat the Islamic State, that lessens the ability of the Islamic State to recruit and fund-raise.
People are starving for truth and leadership.
We have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science. I hope that my party will come to be comfortable with this because we have to operate in the realm of knowledge and science.
My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.
Our potential adversaries are watching us, and they have seen what has happened to us... This is why we're dealing with a very problematical and troublesome Putin, and we're dealing with Iran in a very terrible agreement we had.
Moving forward, I will be committed to building a stronger team so that the GOP can compete and win statewide in 2018, including the possibility of being a candidate in that cycle.
On the Agriculture Committee, I will be an ardent and strong champion for our farmers to ensure that they are treated fairly, particularly in regards to how their products are priced.
I believe in peace through strength.
What my voting record reflects is constantly looking to improve the amount of resources we having going into research, development, and prototypes we have going into renewable energy sources.
When the people's representatives have to go on record and vote, it transforms our country. It is a full recognition that we are in a state of war.
We need legislation that encourages increased competition and tort reform and combats fraud, waste, and abuse. This would drive down health care costs, provide more 'bottom line' for our small businesses and lead to more private sector job growth.
I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private.
I'm against the president's health care law because I don't agree that it's going to achieve its goals. I believe in the goals.
I want to drive down health care costs.
I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.
My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.
This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table.
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about the paratroopers I served with who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.
When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
