Too many people in Washington care about power institutions, not caring about changing the lives of everyday Americans.
We know Africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do.
We have the best-trained military in the world.
I started my first business when I was 19. I learned a valuable lesson as a small business owner. You are the first one to work, last one to leave, and last one to be paid.
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.
Budgets are blueprints and priorities.
The best thing for the American public is that we do our job. That Washington changes. That the Senate and the House get together and fix their differences and find common ground.
The first priority of the Republican majority is the security of Americans.
We are committed to doing trade, tax reform, infrastructure. All we need is someone that wants to work with us.
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.
I think there's an ability to make an immigration system that works.
You have to reform the visa program. The chain migration system doesn't work. You need a guest workers program.
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?
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 like to be around people, so I ended up being roommates, right? I had a house. I lived with four guys.
I try to drive my office more as a start-up of ideas.
Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.
The thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.'
The whip's office is almost more educational - educating members on the bill itself, listening to members ahead of time.
I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better.
