Chris Gibson Quotes

The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.

- Chris Gibson

Idea, Political Parties, Unacceptable

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

- Chris Gibson

Will, Always, Felt, Executed

NED is talking about through-putting this energy out to the vicinity of Boston then taking a northern route up to Nova Scotia and then exporting it, so they're not talking about giving us any local benefits at all.

- Chris Gibson

Boston, Benefits, About, Exporting

Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.

- Chris Gibson

Conservative, Conservation, Judicious

I want to drive down health care costs.

- Chris Gibson

Want, Costs, Health Care, Health Care Costs

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.

- Chris Gibson

Small, Private, Increased, Health Care Costs

I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and same-sex marriage, then they should be true to who they are, and I think that the world could benefit by more love.

- Chris Gibson

Love, Think, I Think, Attraction

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.

- Chris Gibson

Agreement, Dealing, Very, Putin

Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.

- Chris Gibson

Same, Should, Treated, Churches

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.

- Chris Gibson

Believe, Through, Some, Plead

New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.

- Chris Gibson

New, Behind, Been, Categories

Jesus's first commandment was to love one another.

- Chris Gibson

Love, Jesus, Another, Commandment

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

- Chris Gibson

Defeat, Mainstream, Islamic, Recruit

This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table.

- Chris Gibson

Everything, Needs, Very, Threatens

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

- Chris Gibson

Process, Resolve, Civil War, Intervening

I hope the EPA will listen to the many votes over the years in Congress opposing cap-and-trade and rescind that proposed rule.

- Chris Gibson

Will, Over, Opposing, Proposed

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.

- Chris Gibson

Law, Against, Going, Goals

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.

- Chris Gibson

Work, Voters, Tirelessly, Pledge

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.

- Chris Gibson

Some, Concerned, However, Impulse

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

- Chris Gibson

Could, Pass, Increased, Academia

For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.

- Chris Gibson

Small, Working-Class, Costs, Businesses

For too long, Gov. Cuomo has led with fear, intimidation, and bullying.

- Chris Gibson

Long, Too, Led, Intimidation

Cap-and-trade is a dangerous policy fraught with the potential for significant corruption, and it would hurt my constituents and our economy by raising energy costs.

- Chris Gibson

Costs, Fraught, Raising, Energy Costs

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.

- Chris Gibson

Development, Amount, Having, Prototype

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.

- Chris Gibson

College, Other, Visiting, Lecturer

I believe that the strength in America is individual families and communities.

- Chris Gibson

Strength, Individual, Communities

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.

- Chris Gibson

Goal, Access, Underserved, Communities

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.

- Chris Gibson

Doing, Every Day, Nation, Communities

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.

- Chris Gibson

Will, Compete, Committed, Possibility

I don't recommend this, but my dad - to help us get through the winter, he bought a kerosene heater, and he had it in the kitchen so that the furnace wouldn't have to kick off.

- Chris Gibson

Through, Furnace, Dad, Kitchen

Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.

- Chris Gibson

Best, Approach, Syria, Escalating

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

- Chris Gibson

Veterans, Disease, Helping, Legislation

My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.

- Chris Gibson

Leader, New, Made, Albany

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

- Chris Gibson

Look, Cannot, We Cannot, Albany

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.

- Chris Gibson

Blessings, Appropriate, Tranquility

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.

- Chris Gibson

Term Limits, Pursuing, Limits

All too often, the conversation about appropriate and balanced environmental stewardship gets caught up in partisan politics. Yet, this conversation is key to the preservation of our great country for generations to come, as important as ensuring we have fiscally responsible policies to secure our future.

- Chris Gibson

Country, Caught, Appropriate, Conversation

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

- Chris Gibson

Need, Protecting, Priority

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.

- Chris Gibson

Strength, Peace, Through, Deterrence

You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.

- Chris Gibson

Down, Will, Capability, Deterrence

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.

- Chris Gibson

Strong, Committee, Treated, Champion

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.

- Chris Gibson

Recognition, Country, Go, Vote

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.

- Chris Gibson

Congress, Reasonable, Which, Vote

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.

- Chris Gibson

Yes, Before, Constitutional, Vote

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

- Chris Gibson

New, Minutes, 30 Minutes, Upstate

In the five years from 2007 to 2012, we only gained a little over 1,200 farmers. Since we aren't going to stop eating, we have to reverse that trend, or we'll see even more consolidation, more corporate farms, or increasing food imports; none of that is in our interest.

- Chris Gibson

Farmers, Trend, None, Consolidation

In the effort to save America, we should never violate her.

- Chris Gibson

Never, Her, Save, Violate

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

- Chris Gibson

Nature, Rural, Profitability, Farms

It is in the best interests of my constituents and the country to repeal and replace the ACA, and defunding/delaying implementation is consistent with that approach.

- Chris Gibson

Country, Implementation, Best Interests

I had four combat tours, and I never saw death on a scale like I saw in Haiti. A quarter-million people lost their lives.

- Chris Gibson

Death, Haiti, Lives, Tours

While I have strongly and consistently supported the Clean Power Plan, and continue to do so, I cannot and will not support a proposal for a cap-and-trade system.

- Chris Gibson

Will, Proposal, While, Consistently

I believe in peace through strength.

- Chris Gibson

Strength, Peace, Through, I Believe In

I believe in a core set of fundamental Republican values.

- Chris Gibson

Republican, Core, Set, I Believe In

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.

- Chris Gibson

Back, Need, Democrats, Assembly

Any attempt to single out Islam would be a violation of the Constitution.

- Chris Gibson

Constitution, Single, Islam, Violation

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.

- Chris Gibson

Empathy, Private, Funding, Federal

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.

- Chris Gibson

Been, Floods, Several, District

We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.

- Chris Gibson

Think, Some, Still, Votes

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.

- Chris Gibson

Decision, Always, Congress, Interests

This is what my calling is now. I'm here to try to help our party.

- Chris Gibson

Help, Now, Here, Calling

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.

- Chris Gibson

Change, Will, Patterns, Operate

We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.

- Chris Gibson

Bring, Divide, Rife, Era

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

- Chris Gibson

Working-Class, Like, Private, I Came

We should roll back Common Core.

- Chris Gibson

Common, Should, Roll, Core

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.

- Chris Gibson

Conservative, Conservation, Meaning

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

- Chris Gibson

Effective, Consensus, Founders

I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.

- Chris Gibson

Decision, Will, Running, Congressional

I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.

- Chris Gibson

Condition, Most, Human Condition

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

- Chris Gibson

Leadership, Start, Process, Reform

I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.

- Chris Gibson

Think, New, I Think, Abortion

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

- Chris Gibson

Serve, Your, Wide, Iraq

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about the paratroopers I served with who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

- Chris Gibson

Think, Goes, Made, Served

People are starving for truth and leadership.

- Chris Gibson

Leadership, Truth, People, Starving

If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.

- Chris Gibson

Forward, Go, Going, Defeat

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