Kevin McCarthy Quotes
- All Quotes
-
We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.
-
I will tell you that the special relationship that America has with the Israeli people transcends any of the politics.
-
Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of health care, you cried 'Stop!'... but the Democratic Majority in Washington has refused to listen.
-
I like to be around people, so I ended up being roommates, right? I had a house. I lived with four guys.
-
The edge of a black hole, the event horizon, is a boundary that marks the point of no return. Once an object crosses the event horizon, it cannot escape and will be ripped to pieces, atom by atom.
-
In addition to billions in new 'stimulus' spending that our country can't afford, the Geithner plan also contains billions in tax increases on small and family-owned businesses while protecting the tax preferences of wealthy, multinational corporations.
-
If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.
-
America is nation of people striving to make life better for themselves and for their families.
-
Together, we can create something new, something bold, and something to act as a check and balance to Washington's out-of-touch agenda.
-
I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.
-
If you're in the minority, every advantage is against you, right? So the only advantage you have against the majority is they're too lazy to know their own rules, right? So it's like a game of poker.
-
I don't come from an Ivy League school or anywhere else.
-
How we fund transportation in this country is broken. You all pay a gasoline tax, right? Well, cars go farther, we get electric cars, and so on. And then we do more with the money than just build roads. We do bike lanes and mass transit.
-
As conservatives, we know our principles, and we also know the best ideas do not always come from Washington.
-
We know Africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do.
-
Every American, whether Democrat or Republican, agrees that job creation and affordable energy will be crucial to our economic turnaround.
-
The thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.'
-
I believe you can work with anybody.
-
When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.
-
If we engage in a conflict that we know this is a threat to America, we should make it so one-sided that it gets over very quickly.
-
The best thing for the American public is that we do our job. That Washington changes. That the Senate and the House get together and fix their differences and find common ground.
-
The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.
-
Keystone will deliver 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada, North Dakota, and Montana to Gulf Coast refineries.
-
Black holes destroy any objects that happen to fall victim to their gravitational pull.