Bobby Schilling Quotes

United States, Politician
January 23, 1964 – April, 6, 2021.

Robert Todd Schilling was a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district, serving from 2011 to 2013. Schilling is a member of the Republican Party. Schilling challenged incumbent Democrat Phil Hare in the 2010 election and defeated him by ten points. In the 2012 election, he was defeated by Democrat Cheri Bustos. In 2014, he ran for his former seat, but lost again to Bustos.

It's amazing what the Internet can teach you to do.

Bobby Schilling
- Amazing
One thing we're going to focus on is the middle class and the crushing prices and stagnant wages they're facing. What motivates me is looking at my 3-year-old son and thinking about what we're passing on to him and his future wife and their future kids.

Bobby Schilling
- Thinking
- Kids
- Future

One of the biggest problems is - you know, I've got some Hispanic friends - is that a lot of those folks that don't know English, is primarily because they don't even know Spanish. They don't even know their own language.

Bobby Schilling
- Friends
- English
- Spanish
I come from the restaurant business; you're talking to a guy used to working 12, 14 hours a day.

Bobby Schilling
- Business
- Guy
Our workers, our American people who are already struggling, are going to continue to struggle until we can get somebody who can bring some business sense to Washington D.C., and I think that is the one thing I bring.

Bobby Schilling
- People
- Business
- American
I'm the guy who puts projects together.

Bobby Schilling
- Together
- Guy
There are still times when I am walking up, and I look at the Capitol, and I think, 'Oh my goodness.' Right now, I am kind of scared to go onto the floor and speak. Once I get used to it, though, they probably won't be able to keep me off there.

Bobby Schilling
- Up
- Walking
I've done a contract with my district. I have term-limited myself. I am not taking the pension. I am not taking pay raises, and my family and I are bringing our own health care to Washington, D.C. And my dad taught me as a kid to lead by example - Congress should not have anything better than the American people.

Bobby Schilling
- People
- Family
- Done

I'm a hard worker. I'm a people person.

Bobby Schilling
- People
Incumbent Congresswoman Bustos has proven during her time in Washington that she doesn't understand or feel the pain of middle class families. We need a true representative fighting for us in Washington, and incumbent Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has refused to act.

Bobby Schilling
- Time
- She
- True
You can't be pro-labor and anti-business.

Bobby Schilling
- Business