Kevin McCarthy Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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I try to drive my office more as a start-up of ideas.
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We know Africa does not have the same medical treatments as we do.
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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 thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.'
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I started my first business when I was 19. I learned a valuable lesson as a small business owner. You are the first one to work, last one to leave, and last one to be paid.
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I believe you can work with anybody.
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We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.
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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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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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Once our country is fully engulfed in a debt crisis, our economy will be torn apart, and every American will be a victim of the federal government's failure to prevent this disaster.
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I believe any time that both parties are talking, it's a good thing.
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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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When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.
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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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I don't come from an Ivy League school or anywhere else.
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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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Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.
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I want a leader that sets out a path. I want one that doesn't just talk about cuts, but talks about the shining city on the hill. We're only going to get out of this problem if we grow this economy.