Chris Gibson Quotes

Chris Gibson

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 13, 1964

I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private.

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I'm against the president's health care law because I don't agree that it's going to achieve its goals. I believe in the goals.

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I don't believe in amnesty... What I have proposed is that we would come forth with a program that allows individuals to come forward and to plead guilty... They would have to pay a fine; they would have to go through a background check - some say learn English - and they would get learned legal status.

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What we need to do is have empathy and that ultimately, at the end of the day, it's a woman's private choice... I don't support federal funding for abortions, nor do I support late-term abortions.

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I believe in peace through strength.

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What my voting record reflects is constantly looking to improve the amount of resources we having going into research, development, and prototypes we have going into renewable energy sources.

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When the people's representatives have to go on record and vote, it transforms our country. It is a full recognition that we are in a state of war.

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We need legislation that encourages increased competition and tort reform and combats fraud, waste, and abuse. This would drive down health care costs, provide more 'bottom line' for our small businesses and lead to more private sector job growth.

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The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.

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On the Agriculture Committee, I will be an ardent and strong champion for our farmers to ensure that they are treated fairly, particularly in regards to how their products are priced.

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Moving forward, I will be committed to building a stronger team so that the GOP can compete and win statewide in 2018, including the possibility of being a candidate in that cycle.

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Even with the approach that I take in Congress, which is to bring people together to get things done - many people describe that as 'reasonable' - I couldn't vote for John Boehner's re-elect.

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Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.

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By training and keeping doctors in underserved areas, we're working toward a goal of increasing access to quality health care for more of our communities.

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Our potential adversaries are watching us, and they have seen what has happened to us... This is why we're dealing with a very problematical and troublesome Putin, and we're dealing with Iran in a very terrible agreement we had.

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My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.

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People are starving for truth and leadership.

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We have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science. I hope that my party will come to be comfortable with this because we have to operate in the realm of knowledge and science.

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Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.

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When mainstream Muslims defeat the Islamic State, that lessens the ability of the Islamic State to recruit and fund-raise.

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