Jeff Duncan Quotes

Americans are in need of an all-of-the-above energy approach, and when you think about all-of-the-above, you think about wind, solar, hydrogen, think about all those groovy technologies I really like.

- Jeff Duncan

Education needs to be personalized and flexible, which means education policy needs to originate from our local communities and not from some bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

- Jeff Duncan

This notion that manmade climate change is happening is wrong.

- Jeff Duncan

It was easy for Sanford to have a bully pulpit as governor. It's another thing to be in the trenches, having to face leadership, and say, 'No, that's not a conservative position, that's not what we're doing.'

- Jeff Duncan

While the Census Bureau already has a legal obligation to keep people's information confidential, we all know that in an age of cyber attacks and computer hacking that ensuring people's privacy can be difficult.

- Jeff Duncan

It's perfectly reasonable for someone to be hesitant to share their personal information with the government. The Census Bureau shouldn't be forcing anyone to share the route they take their kids to school or any information other than how many people live in their home.

- Jeff Duncan

The Washington-knows-best approach has repeatedly failed the very children it proposes to help. It's time to roll back Common Core and return education to the people who it matters most to - children, parents, and teachers.

- Jeff Duncan

At what point in time can our government fire someone whose gross negligence left four Americans dead in Benghazi?

- Jeff Duncan

At least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the border in Texas.

- Jeff Duncan

Parents and teachers alike are alarmed by this top-down approach to education that wrongly ties education money for states to the adoption of academic standards that do not fully reflect the values of South Carolina.

- Jeff Duncan

Gov. Romney's policies would be a clear departure from the dubious tactics of the Obama administration.

- Jeff Duncan

The Census Bureau can ask citizens very invasive questions, and if they don't respond, the government shows up at their door and threatens them with a fine.

- Jeff Duncan

A criminal pipeline from Cuba to Florida threatens U.S. national security interests with Cuban migrants exploiting U.S. law, stealing from the American taxpayer, and paying the Cuban government to live large off the cash in Cuba.

- Jeff Duncan

I'd love to see lower spending levels, and in absence of lower spending levels, I'd love to see us reallocate where some of that spending is and really address the entitlements that continue growing.

- Jeff Duncan

I think America is less safe on a lot fronts, and I disagree with the release of the information from Dianne Feinstein. I think she's as much a traitor to this country at this point as I thought about Edward Snowden and his release of information about other investigations and abilities from an intelligence standpoint.

- Jeff Duncan

The enemies of freedom are waging an all-out assault on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which we have sworn to protect and defend.

- Jeff Duncan

I was joking the other day that I'm American UKIP.

- Jeff Duncan

I believe Ted Cruz is the right candidate for the right time in our country's history. A proven leader and a consistent conservative who will fight the Washington cartel and stand up for the American people.

- Jeff Duncan

I can't discuss the possibility of the U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war without also talking about Benghazi.

- Jeff Duncan

Do we want someone as secretary of state that is somehow tainted in this Benghazi issue?

- Jeff Duncan

The American people deserve answers about Benghazi before we move forward with military involvement in Syria's civil war.

- Jeff Duncan

I think Americans raise eyebrows when you tell them that IRS agents are training with a type of weapon that has stand-off capability. It's not like they're carrying a sidearm, and they knock on someone's door and say, 'You're evading your taxes.'

- Jeff Duncan

There are a lot of us that want to see limitations on refugee resettlement programs.

- Jeff Duncan

We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.

- Jeff Duncan

Why would you pass another law when the administration fails to enforce the current laws that are on the books. Why pass another one that's not going to be enforced either?

- Jeff Duncan

I think Congress can pass a bill when the American people start regaining trust in the administration to actually do their job and enforce the laws that are already on the books.

- Jeff Duncan

Classrooms cannot and should not be coerced into adopting federal academic standards. That's not just my belief; it's federal law.

- Jeff Duncan

I like the look of a windmill.

- Jeff Duncan

Less tension in the Middle East is always a positive, and any drop in gas prices will essentially act as a tax break for consumers going into the holiday shopping season.

- Jeff Duncan

They say 'Ted Cruz can't win.' Really? Have you talked to Ted?

- Jeff Duncan

As an avid hunter, outdoor enthusiast, and life member of the NRA, I understand the importance of protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

- Jeff Duncan

We need a Commander-in-Chief, not a Campaigner-in-Chief.

- Jeff Duncan

I just want to encourage you all... to rethink the resettlement of refugees in this country, especially in the numbers I'm hearing.

- Jeff Duncan

Mark Meadows will fight for what's right, because he understands that higher taxes and more regulations are not the way to solve our country's problems.

- Jeff Duncan

Conservatives of Western North Carolina should send Mark Meadows to Congress. We need his help.

- Jeff Duncan

I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.

- Jeff Duncan

It's important to ensure that the person who replaces Tim Scott be a reliable conservative, a proven fighter and a leader who will join our mission to cut wasteful Washington spending. I'm convinced the best person for the job is Larry Grooms.

- Jeff Duncan

Somebody in this regime used chemical weapons, whether it was Assad - an order from him, or his brother, or someone else. Who knows? I don't think the evidence is clear. But it is clear that chemical weapons were used.

- Jeff Duncan

Members of Congress and their staffs should be the first to feel the negative consequences of poorly written legislation, not the last.

- Jeff Duncan

I'm confident that Gov. Romney can win over the American people on the promise of limited government, defending individual liberties and a return to common-sense solutions to our country's biggest problems.

- Jeff Duncan

I thought Trump really exposed himself as a truther, and I don't think that will play real well in South Carolina.

- Jeff Duncan

Unfortunately, the health care bill commonly referred to as ObamaCare is making it more difficult for employers to provide insurance to their employees. It limits individuals' ability to pick their own doctors and, over time, decreases the quality of care we provide in this country.

- Jeff Duncan

Americans are fed up with these mandatory census surveys, and they're asking us to stop the harassment.

- Jeff Duncan

It's interesting how the Vatican has gotten so political when ultimately the Vatican ought to be working to lead people to Jesus Christ and salvation.

- Jeff Duncan

I have more nuclear physicists living in my district than in any other district.

- Jeff Duncan

We worked very well with Mark Sanford. We stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the principles that we believe in. But another person that stood there as well was a legislator, State Senator Larry Grooms.

- Jeff Duncan

I support American energy production, and it will be produced by companies - Exxon, BP, Shell - and continue to support American energy.

- Jeff Duncan

The United States did not act in Iraq in 1988 when gas was being used on the Kurds or when gas was used in the Iranian-Iraq War.

- Jeff Duncan

Stealing is stealing. I would hope that a federal employee that engages in theft of trusting travelers would be disciplined more than with just a letter.

- Jeff Duncan

Despite my fierce opposition to the bill, I signed up for insurance through the exchanges and instructed my staff do the same.

- Jeff Duncan

I have run across characters in my political career that have that singular focus of being someone, being in a position of power.

- Jeff Duncan

We tried two moderate Republican candidates, McCain and Romney, and we lost both times.

- Jeff Duncan

Harry Reid rammed a partisan healthcare bill through the Senate that most Americans didn't want, and now it seems that members of his own staff don't want ObamaCare either.

- Jeff Duncan

Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.

- Jeff Duncan

The Obama administration, seemingly without any concern or worry, funneled money around U.S. law through foreign central banks to provide a state sponsor of terrorism with $400 million in blood money for American hostages.

- Jeff Duncan

I'm concerned that we're sending these military men... facing an infectious disease that could be deadly. If they go to Iraq, and they fight ISIL, and they come home, they're not bringing ISIL with them and threatening their families or platoon mates.

- Jeff Duncan

Honestly, the egos and the quest and thirst for power is very prevalent in Washington.

- Jeff Duncan

Radical Islamic jihadists have a long-term vision. And if they have to stay in Europe to obtain a citizenship, to ultimately travel to the United States, and if it takes them five years or ten years, they're okay with that. History has proven that.

- Jeff Duncan

Saddam was a bad guy. Assad's a bad guy. Nobody's denying that.

- Jeff Duncan

Neutrality works well in my district.

- Jeff Duncan

I have sympathy for the people in Syria, and I do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously.

- Jeff Duncan

Wake up, America. With a porous southern border, we have no idea who's in our country.

- Jeff Duncan

This isn't about deer hunting. The Second Amendment is about our right to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves.

- Jeff Duncan

We're giving those benefits away, which we earn as citizens of this nation, of being legalized citizens.

- Jeff Duncan

Like millions of other Americans, I receive health insurance through my employer.

- Jeff Duncan

I think we're taking a snapshot view of climate change and trying to implement policy based on that snapshot.

- Jeff Duncan

Each child is made in the image of God and has inherent worth.

- Jeff Duncan

In Vietnam, we took a hill and defeated the enemy; then we retreated and let the enemy take over.

- Jeff Duncan

Tourism is our No. 1 industry in South Carolina.

- Jeff Duncan

We have to deal with the nation's debt.

- Jeff Duncan

We don't know what we don't know about Ebola. We think we know it's a virus, but is it mutating? Can it be spread by airborne?

- Jeff Duncan

If the president wanted to fix our broken immigration system, he could start by securing the border and enforcing the laws already passed by Congress.

- Jeff Duncan

I want to see Netanyahu speak to the Congress and speak to the American people about the real situation in Israel, and let me just say, I stand with Israel 100 percent, and I will never waiver on that.

- Jeff Duncan

We need a leader who puts the health and well-being of the country ahead of 2016 politics.

- Jeff Duncan

Iran is a nation with American blood on its hands.

- Jeff Duncan