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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.
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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.
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We should roll back Common Core.
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For too long, Gov. Cuomo has led with fear, intimidation, and bullying.
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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.
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Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.
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My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.
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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.
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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.
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For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
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If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.
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We need to put our priority on protecting this exceptional way of life.
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People are starving for truth and leadership.
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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.
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I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.
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I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.
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I hope the EPA will listen to the many votes over the years in Congress opposing cap-and-trade and rescind that proposed rule.
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Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.
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Any attempt to single out Islam would be a violation of the Constitution.
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Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.
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New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.
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When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
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We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.
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I want to drive down health care costs.