"There is a reason people in America are disappointed and restless. If opportunity seems like it's been slipping away, that's because it has. And liberal progressive ideas have done exactly nothing to help."
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"Democracy is a series of choices."
"President Trump is right to make sure we are doing everything possible to know exactly who is entering America."
"A religious test for entering our country is not reflective of America's fundamental values. I reject it."
"That's what's going to matter at the end of the day. Did we improve people's lives? Did we solve the problems that the American people need solved? Are we addressing the concerns of people who are tired of being tired?"
"Donald Trump is communicating with people in America who've felt like they have not been listened to."
"Donald Trump is basically giving voice to a lot of people who have felt that they were voiceless."
"Every conversation I have almost always revolves around, you know, personnel and policy focused on producing results."
"We're just not ready for the retirement of the Baby Boomers. And we'd better prepare for that."
"Donald Trump turned politics on its head."
"I do have a concern that if we just say no Trans-Pacific Partnership, we`re done, we`re ignoring the region, and then, yes, I think we`re creating a void for China, but that is not what the president [Donald Trump] is saying."
"You can go back and rescind an old regulation like Obama era regulations. That was done once in 20 years. We've done 14 of them in law this year alone, because they can't filibuster that."
"In America, we have a bifurcated country, we have a polarized country. One of the reasons I think it's polarized is because of identity politics on the left."
"We don't want insurance companies becoming monopolies looking for favoritism in a cronyistic way at Washington. We want health insurers, hospitals, doctors, all providers of health care benefits competing against each other for our business as consumers."
"The patient is the nucleus of the health care system."
"I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch."
"On behalf of every Republican and every Democrat in Congress, on behalf of the whole House, I want our friends in the Jewish community to know that we stand with them."
"There are instances in which American interests align with Russia and there are those where they don't. And so the question is, can we help steer Russia to being something that doesn't conflict with our interests and something that - and a country that aligns with our interests?"
"Let the Democrates go on making its case for more government control over every aspect of our lives. More taxes to pay. More debt to carry. More rules to follow. More judges who just make it up as they go along. We Republicans, we are committed to a federal government that acts again as a servant accountable to the people, following the constitution, and venturing not one inch beyond the consent of the governed. We, we in this party, offer a better way for our country based on fundamentals that go back to the founding generation."
"We have national security concerns. There are lots of concerns which must be addressed by actually securing our border. And so, a physical security barrier on the border is something we`ve all - I voted for it, like I said, in 2006 or 2007."