I've never backed him. I have never endorsed Roy Moore.
— Lee Zeldin
I'm willing to work with anyone to move this country forward.
The thing is with these members, especially Omar and Tlaib, honestly, I feel like their hearts are filled with darkness. AOC's heart might be filled more with cotton candy and unicorns.
Where I agree with the president, I'll state that I agree with the president. Where I disagree, I'll state that I disagree.
If the Obama administration wanted to implement the DACA program, it should have made the case to Congress and try to pass its proposal into law.
The Israeli prime minister, whoever that person is, should have an open invitation to come to America to speak to Congress and the American people.
There is no perfect candidate.
The system requires bipartisanship.
We should make sure that we are never sending our troops into harm's way unless they're sent with a clear strategy to win, and learning lessons of the past to ensure that best path forward with what lies ahead.
There is no moral equivalency between people who associate themselves with these KKK and Nazism and those who are opposed to individuals who associate themselves with the KKK and Nazism.
You can't live in the Bronx and survive on just $80,000 or so of income, if you're married and you have three kids at home.
The largest humanitarian victory we can deliver is by wiping ISIS off the face of the earth.
It's been an honor to wear our nation's uniform.
United States naturalization is a privilege not a right, and those who have had this privilege bestowed upon them must respect and uphold the laws of our land.
So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.
The people who are fleeing Syria, they're the ones who need to run the country there long-term.
So there are 535 members of Congress. Many of us want what's best for the American worker and the American economy. Others want what is best in their goals to take down President Trump.
The secretary of defense makes recommendations, sometimes will make strong recommendations to the president of the United States. But the president, whoever it is at that time, decides, makes the call on whether or not to take that recommendation.
That Hillary Clinton can be president of the United States and a Saudi prince can donate $10 or $15 million dollars, let's say, to the Clinton Foundation and then have access for meetings and policy with the U.S. government, that is something that is very important to me.
I'm well aware of the dynamics of turnout and measuring enthusiasm and identifying and turning out voters. That's something I'm cognizant of in running a successful campaign.
Steve Bannon is a friend of Israel and he is a friend of Judaism.
I fear Iran continuing to be able to pursue uranium enrichment and to maintain several thousand centrifuges.
There is more than just words to define a person.
If Donald Trump is the candidate against Hillary Clinton, then I will be supporting Donald Trump.
The Kurds have fought, bled and died fighting alongside the U.S.
It's important that all around the globe that the United States is pursuing the most effective foreign policy possible.
I am my own man.
The Obama administration sought to appease the Iranians at any and all cost.
I don't know if there's ever been a budget that anyone has been 100 percent happy with.
I'm sure that I'd be able to find a lot to disagree on with Eliot Engel.
I know if that I'm not fighting for my home state, my home district, that other members who are out there fighting for their state, their district, they're not going to fight for New York for me.
So, I represent the 1st Congressional District of New York. It's on the east end of Long Island. This is Suffolk County.
A more stable, stabilized Mideast, that's a humanitarian victory.
Our relations - the United States and Canada, that trade relationship is vitally important. There's a long history.
I think we are elected with a responsibility to take tough votes, tackle tough challenges today. There's too much punting.
You have a lot of people asking for town halls with the purpose of disrupting a town hall.
I would say the reason that Tim Bishop electorally was able to get more votes, if you were just going to analyze registration and numbers, is that he had a quarter of the Republican vote, every election. No one is getting a quarter of the Republican vote from me.
Some of my best memories of growing up on Long Island include spending all day fishing for fluke on Great South Bay.
If I happen to be the only Jewish Republican, and I am as a result able to advocate for a stronger, more consistent foreign policy that helps keep my constituents safe and helps protect the freedoms and liberties of my nation, then I welcome that.
I will never be able to endorse a nominee for president whose name is not known.
I call a spade a spade.
There are many aspects of the government that operate off a continuing resolution. It's difficult to do so for the military.
Bashar al-Assad needs to be replaced, but he can't be replaced with another Bashar al-Assad.
I don't consider myself to be a Pete King Republican or a Ted Cruz Republican or a John Boehner Republican, or a Tea Party Republican.
Literally, from the moment I wake up from the moment I go to sleep, I'm just working without distraction. It's just the way I'm wired.
I have dedicated half my life to military service.
Every level of government has a role to play in combating the rise of MS-13 and other gangs, and we must crack down on the aspects of our nation's broken immigration system and other policies that have allowed MS-13 and other gangs to take hold in our communities and stay there.
I look at the idea of eliminating the state and local tax deduction as a geographic redistribution of wealth, because you're taking money from a place like New York to provide deeper tax cuts elsewhere.
A lot of the Democratic base believes that it's the right the to do to bring as many of these refugees in as possible for - there are many members of the Democratic Party who may think that tens of thousands are not enough, and we're not doing our part until we bring in even more.
With regards to American foreign policy all across the globe, it is important for us to be operating from positions of strength, and not to just concede that.