Matt Gaetz Quotes

Matt Gaetz

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 7, 1982

If players want to protest, let them do it on their own time and on their own dime.

Matt Gaetz

Why should 'big sports' get tax breaks that businesses and families across America don't get?

Matt Gaetz

Congress has broad powers to regulate and control commerce. Congress also cannot force a state to 'un-decriminalize' something; states' rights are routinely upheld by the Court.

Matt Gaetz

Legalizing betting would create over a hundred thousand new jobs, over $6 billion in wages, and inject $25 billion into our economy.

Matt Gaetz

No one wants to be the next Pete Rose.

Matt Gaetz

The black market poses a greater risk to the integrity of sports than open, visible, and regulated betting.

Matt Gaetz

We are a nation of laws, not department-wide memos.

Matt Gaetz

We shouldn't tell prosecutors to 'pick and choose' what laws to uphold.

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When Federal law conflicts with state laws and the will of the American people, it's time to change the laws, not circulate edicts.

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I wish climate change wasn't real.

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A melting Arctic creates a more permissive environment for Russia and China to seize territory.

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Mass migrations of climate refugees erode borders and nations, creating a global playground for terrorists and traffickers.

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Choosing to disrespect our flag is an over-generalized indictment of the greatest nation on Earth.

Matt Gaetz

Kneeling for the anthem does nothing to advance solutions to racial injustice, police brutality, or any other social plight. It is a slap in the face to patriotism itself. It is a statement that America as a country is no longer worth standing for.

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It is bizarre to see the NFL attacking an America that has treated it so well over the years. Taxpayers pay over 70 percent of the cost of stadiums. Our citizens pay more and more for tickets, and valuations of professional sports franchises have skyrocketed. Player compensation keeps growing.

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Agricultural products ranging from citrus and dairy to beef and chicken face stifling tariffs or nontariff barriers in many countries around the world.

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While the Washington swamp, which loves shipping American jobs offshore to make a buck or Euro, is already rising up against the proposed legislation, the USRTA is just plain common sense.

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Ask anybody on Main Street whether it makes any sense to allow foreign countries to charge higher tariffs than we charge them, and the answer will surely be a resounding 'heck no!'

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The USRTA recognizes that the United States is the largest importer of goods even as it maintains, on average, the lowest combination of tariffs and nontariff barriers of any of its major trading partners.

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If Democrats insist on looking for skeletons in the closet, they should take a long look at themselves. They've hidden more than their fair share.

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