Chris Gibson Quotes

Chris Gibson

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 13, 1964

I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.

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I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.

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We should roll back Common Core.

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We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.

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I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.

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When it comes to the SAFE Act, when it comes to rolling back Common Core, I recognize that I need Assembly Democrats to make that a reality.

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We know there isn't anything we can say or do that will bring their loved one back. What we can do is support them and honor their sacrifice by doing everything we can, every day, to make our communities stronger and our nation better so that we may be a people worthy of their sacrifices.

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As I stated shortly after retiring from the U.S. Army and first pursuing a seat in Congress in 2010, I planned to self-impose term limits.

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I thank the voters of Upstate N.Y. for this privilege to serve and pledge to continue to work tirelessly on their behalf in this final term.

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The decision to use military force should always be one made with the utmost caution, with U.S. interests at stake, and with the consent of Congress.

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Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to our own Congress for authorization, and I urge him to do so. Finally, I understand the impulse to take action in Syria; however, I hope the president carefully considers this matter and resists the call from some to use military force in Syria.

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Intervening militarily would exacerbate - not resolve - the matter and, in the process, will Americanize the Syrian civil war.

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Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.

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Mary Jo and I have three teenagers who are in their last years at home. In addition, I was just offered and accepted a position with Williams College as a visiting lecturer on leadership beginning in February 2017, and anticipate accepting other academic positions shortly.

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The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.

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Among the chartered responsibilities of the federal government were, in those areas where appropriate - such as facilitating interstate commerce - to provide for justice and domestic tranquility, the common defense, and to secure the blessings of liberty.

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I have two basic votes before I vote: is it constitutional, and is it in the interests of my people. If the answer is yes to both of them, then I vote for it, and I don't care who authored it.

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We've got to have a functioning government.

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We need to put our priority on protecting this exceptional way of life.

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My district has been hit with three 500-year floods in the last several years, so either you believe that we had a one-in-over-100-million probability that occurred, or you believe as I do that there's a new normal, and we have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science.

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