Kevin McCarthy Quotes
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There's a staircase on the first floor of the Capitol that I walk every day. It's made of marble, and as you walk those steps, you think of those who've walked before you. You think of the challenges that the country's faced.
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We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.
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I like to be around people, so I ended up being roommates, right? I had a house. I lived with four guys.
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I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.
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I believe any time that both parties are talking, it's a good thing.
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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.
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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.
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The gasoline tax is a user fee, but it does not fill enough of the need, and you want cars to be more efficient.
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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.
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I will tell you that the special relationship that America has with the Israeli people transcends any of the politics.
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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.
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We know Africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do.
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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.
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As conservatives, we know our principles, and we also know the best ideas do not always come from Washington.
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I believe you can work with anybody.
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I don't come from an Ivy League school or anywhere else.
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Together, we can create something new, something bold, and something to act as a check and balance to Washington's out-of-touch agenda.
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The thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.'
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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.
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Every American, whether Democrat or Republican, agrees that job creation and affordable energy will be crucial to our economic turnaround.
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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.
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I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better.
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Everybody has a say, everybody has a voice, because everyone that comes to the House had about 750,000 people they're representing . And you want those voices heard.
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When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.