The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.
— Chris Gibson
I don't recommend this, but my dad - to help us get through the winter, he bought a kerosene heater, and he had it in the kitchen so that the furnace wouldn't have to kick off.
NED is talking about through-putting this energy out to the vicinity of Boston then taking a northern route up to Nova Scotia and then exporting it, so they're not talking about giving us any local benefits at all.
Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.
I believe in a core set of fundamental Republican values.
My district has been hit with three 500-year floods in the last several years, so either you believe that we had a one-in-over-100-million probability that occurred, or you believe as I do that there's a new normal, and we have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science.
I have two basic votes before I vote: is it constitutional, and is it in the interests of my people. If the answer is yes to both of them, then I vote for it, and I don't care who authored it.
Mary Jo and I have three teenagers who are in their last years at home. In addition, I was just offered and accepted a position with Williams College as a visiting lecturer on leadership beginning in February 2017, and anticipate accepting other academic positions shortly.
Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to our own Congress for authorization, and I urge him to do so. Finally, I understand the impulse to take action in Syria; however, I hope the president carefully considers this matter and resists the call from some to use military force in Syria.
As I stated shortly after retiring from the U.S. Army and first pursuing a seat in Congress in 2010, I planned to self-impose term limits.
When it comes to the SAFE Act, when it comes to rolling back Common Core, I recognize that I need Assembly Democrats to make that a reality.
We should roll back Common Core.
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.
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.
By training and keeping doctors in underserved areas, we're working toward a goal of increasing access to quality health care for more of our communities.
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.
I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.
We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.
In the five years from 2007 to 2012, we only gained a little over 1,200 farmers. Since we aren't going to stop eating, we have to reverse that trend, or we'll see even more consolidation, more corporate farms, or increasing food imports; none of that is in our interest.
In the effort to save America, we should never violate her.
If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.
We need to put our priority on protecting this exceptional way of life.
Among the chartered responsibilities of the federal government were, in those areas where appropriate - such as facilitating interstate commerce - to provide for justice and domestic tranquility, the common defense, and to secure the blessings of liberty.
Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.
The decision to use military force should always be one made with the utmost caution, with U.S. interests at stake, and with the consent of Congress.
We know there isn't anything we can say or do that will bring their loved one back. What we can do is support them and honor their sacrifice by doing everything we can, every day, to make our communities stronger and our nation better so that we may be a people worthy of their sacrifices.
I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.
I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.
Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.
My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.
You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.
Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.
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 had four combat tours, and I never saw death on a scale like I saw in Haiti. A quarter-million people lost their lives.
Any attempt to single out Islam would be a violation of the Constitution.
Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.
I believe that the strength in America is individual families and communities.
For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
We've got to have a functioning government.
The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.
Intervening militarily would exacerbate - not resolve - the matter and, in the process, will Americanize the Syrian civil war.
I thank the voters of Upstate N.Y. for this privilege to serve and pledge to continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in this final term.
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.
We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.
I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.
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.
All too often, the conversation about appropriate and balanced environmental stewardship gets caught up in partisan politics. Yet, this conversation is key to the preservation of our great country for generations to come, as important as ensuring we have fiscally responsible policies to secure our future.
When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
Even with the approach that I take in Congress, which is to bring people together to get things done - many people describe that as 'reasonable' - I couldn't vote for John Boehner's re-elect.
