I want to drive down health care costs.Collection: Health
I don't believe in amnesty... What I have proposed is that we would come forth with a program that allows individuals to come forward and to plead guilty... They would have to pay a fine; they would have to go through a background check - some say learn English - and they would get learned legal status.Collection: Legal
When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.Collection: Peace
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.Collection: Environmental
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.
For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.
I believe in a core set of fundamental Republican values.
I believe that the strength in America is individual families and communities.
In the effort to save America, we should never violate her.
Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.
Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.
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.
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.
Any attempt to single out Islam would be a violation of the Constitution.
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.
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.
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.
The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.
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.
You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.
I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.
This is what my calling is now. I'm here to try to help our party.
Jesus's first commandment was to love one another.
I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and same-sex marriage, then they should be true to who they are, and I think that the world could benefit by more love.
It is in the best interests of my constituents and the country to repeal and replace the ACA, and defunding/delaying implementation is consistent with that approach.
If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.
Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.
While I have strongly and consistently supported the Clean Power Plan, and continue to do so, I cannot and will not support a proposal for a cap-and-trade system.
Cap-and-trade is a dangerous policy fraught with the potential for significant corruption, and it would hurt my constituents and our economy by raising energy costs.
I hope the EPA will listen to the many votes over the years in Congress opposing cap-and-trade and rescind that proposed rule.
This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table.
My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.
I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.
For too long, Gov. Cuomo has led with fear, intimidation, and bullying.
New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.
We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.
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.
What we need to do is have empathy and that ultimately, at the end of the day, it's a woman's private choice... I don't support federal funding for abortions, nor do I support late-term abortions.
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.
The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.
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.
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.
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.
Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.
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.