Jason T. Smith Quotes

United States, Businessman
June 16, 1980

Jason Thomas Smith (born June 16, 1980) is an American businessman, politician, and the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district after winning a special election on June 4, 2013. The district comprises 30 counties, covering just under 20,000 square miles of southeastern and southern Missouri. He is the third-youngest Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, behind only Elise Stefanik of New York and Michael Gallagher of Wisconsin.

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You can cooperate and not compromise your core values. But I'm a realist with the philosophy that sometimes you've got to take bites out of the apple instead of the whole apple.

Jason T. Smith
- Realist
Washington politicians should not be treated any differently than any other American. That's what people are fed up with.

Jason T. Smith
- People
- Up
- American

There are over 170,000 pages of regulations in Washington, D.C. I want to streamline the rules in the federal government to basically allow businesses to grow without fear of burdensome federal regulations. That's a passion to me, regulatory reform.

Jason T. Smith
- Fear
- Passion
There wasn't a bigger issue in my campaign than Obamacare. Everyone I talk to, every business, a lot of family farmers, are concerned about how this will affect them.

Jason T. Smith
- Family
- Business
I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.

Jason T. Smith
- People
- Work
- Doubt