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We should roll back Common Core.
I want to drive down health care costs.
Escalating in Syria is not the best approach.
People are starving for truth and leadership.
I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.
Jesus's first commandment was to love one another.
I believe in a core set of fundamental Republican values.
In the effort to save America, we should never violate her.
I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.
Churches, synagogues, and mosques should be treated the same.
You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.
My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.
I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.
If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.
For too long, Gov. Cuomo has led with fear, intimidation, and bullying.
We need to put our priority on protecting this exceptional way of life.
We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.
Any attempt to single out Islam would be a violation of the Constitution.
Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.
I believe that the strength in America is individual families and communities.
I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.
The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.
If I don't believe I'm the guy that's going to help defeat Cuomo, then I won't go forward.
We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.
Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.
For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs.
This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table.
When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.
I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private.
I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.
New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.
Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.
The idea that two political parties can't come together to get a mission done is foreign to me - and unacceptable.
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.
When mainstream Muslims defeat the Islamic State, that lessens the ability of the Islamic State to recruit and fund-raise.
Intervening militarily would exacerbate - not resolve - the matter and, in the process, will Americanize the Syrian civil war.
I hope the EPA will listen to the many votes over the years in Congress opposing cap-and-trade and rescind that proposed rule.
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.
My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.