Mike Coffman Quotes

United States, Politician
March 19, 1955

Michael Harold Coffman is an American politician, businessman, and retired member of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. He served as the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district for five terms. A Republican, Coffman previously served as Secretary of State of Colorado and as Colorado State Treasurer. He served in both the Gulf War and the War in Iraq.

Also known as Businessman

You have a losing team, you change the coach.

Mike Coffman
- Team
- Change
- Losing
What is interesting in Washington, D.C., is I've never missed a vote. The veterans' committee keeps track of hearings, and I've never missed a hearing or a vote on the VA committee.

Mike Coffman
- Hearing
- Missed
- Veterans

Low-wage individuals barely get anything. I think we have to reward work, and I do think that we need to bump up the earned income tax credit to help low-wage workers.

Mike Coffman
- Anything
- Workers
- Income
On Sundays, I usually go to church with my mother.

Mike Coffman
- Mother
- Church
- Sundays
I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

Mike Coffman
I love the diversity of my district, and it does drive a fair amount of my work.

Mike Coffman
- Work
- Amount
- District
I am a Marine Corps veteran, but more importantly - or as important maybe - I'm the chairman of the Oversight Investigation Subcommittee and the House Veterans Affair Committee.

Mike Coffman
- Important
- Marine
- Affair
I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this: that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.

Mike Coffman

I do think that we need more of a balance between merit-based and familial-based immigration.

Mike Coffman