Top 55 John Fleming Quotes

Seeking justice is always our goal, but we see many too willing to circumvent that.

As a congressman, why should I be forced to peruse cable stations and blog sites for information on the discussions and then be asked to vote for the deal when I have no input and no time to know even what’s in it?

We’ve got our own power – the power of the purse.

If members of Congress believe so strongly that government-run health care is the best solution for hard working American families, I think it only fitting that Americans see them lead the way.

In terms of Republicans, we have got to get to our cohorts in the Republican Party to get them to understand if we are going to get this country to its traditional values… we’re going to have to control our borders and manage this huge change in our culture that’s occurring.

That’s how you win these battles over long periods of time. You continue to fight. You continue to bring it up. You continue to message it to your constituents and to America in general.

We know that terrorism is going to happen in the future, and we need to be prepared for it.

The people who come across the border are hard-working family people. They have great values, and that’s all well and good but they are also very, very consistent Democrat voters.

The use of threats and intimidation to force energy companies to submit to an extremist agenda may be fitting under a totalitarian regime, but it is never acceptable in the United States.

While we must condemn any misuse of their authority, let’s not forget that, by far, police are fulfilling their duty to protect and serve.

It’s very clear that Louisiana is gonna be voting for Republicans for statewide elections going forward because that’s just where we are as a state.

Class warfare has never created a job.

Now that we have the Senate and the House fully controlled by Republicans, we need to be working together.

It is foolish for Republicans to continue opening the door to job-killing tax hikes while Democrats refuse to explain how they propose to reform mandatory spending – mostly entitlements – that makes up almost two-thirds of the federal budget.

I think that we need, you know, Sen. Vitter is quite conservative, and I think we need to replace a good strong conservative with another conservative.

It’s all about secular unionism, the advancement of atheism, which they even tried to create in this law – Democrats did – an atheistic chaplaincy.

I introduced H.Res 430, a congressional resolution calling upon the president to declare a National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement.

We have an unprecedented number of primary care doctors who are opting out of Medicare.

I’ve heard enough of Democrats claiming a balanced approach.

Here’s the question for my fellow Republicans: Do we want to be the first-ever GOP House majority to raise federal marginal income tax rates?

We need to restore the Bush tax cuts or actually make them permanent.

I’m concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to getting a ‘comprehensive approach’ to immigration taken care of ‘once and for all.’

Many of us have questions about what Trump’s positions really are. We want to make sure we are on board with each other.

We think our leadership has been too timid to go after corruption, and often times, they bow to the liberal progressive demands of the White House instead of standing up for our values.

We all say that we want to repeal Obamacare, and we would all love a clean, full repeal. But the truth is, sometimes it’s kind of like making sausage. You have to do it one step at a time. You’ve got to approach it from the standpoint that you make substantial gains today, and then the next opportunity, you make more.

We’ve got to change the way we do things.

In a tripartite government with its checks and balances, we have lost the balances.

By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over.

We need to cut the capital gains tax; we need to take regulations off the backs of business and allow banks to once again lend.

They want to wipe – in fact, the Democrat Party in their own platform last year wiped even – any reference to God completely from their platform.

I think among different members there had been concerns that the RSC had grown so large, and it had many members who really didn’t have that conservative voting records, which really is a testimony to what a positive brand conservatism is.

We have too many in Washington who are all too willing to just go along with the status quo and not make any waves.

We’ll keep sending more and more conservatives to Washington, and we’ll eventually get these bills passed. But don’t be afraid to pass good, strong, conservative legislation.

I’m pro-free enterprise.

By definition, chaplains minister to the spiritual needs of our men and women in armed services, a vital function that an individual without any inclination toward spirituality would not be able to perform.

Whenever there’s a bad law, it can be repealed or nullified.

Uninsured care happens in this country, and here’s the problem. It’s not properly accounted for. The people who pay for uninsured care at the moment are the hospitals and the doctors and all of the medical providers.

I saw people, and I can’t name them of course, that maybe were skeptical at first that were really sold on Donald Trump.

Washington faces many challenges these days, and today’s United States Senate needs more trusted conservatives going there to make decisions and choices that put the people first and not the business-as-usual crowd.

Washington does not tax too little: it spends way too much.

ISIS is a battle-hardened, highly trained organization that is well-funded. They’re one of the strongest armies in the world for their size.

Most small businesses in this country today are taxed at the individual level as Corporation LLC. So whatever is cut out of those earnings is money taken out of capital for reinvestment for creating more jobs and opening up more locations.

I think always, when you have a candidate promising free stuff, and another promising less stuff or nothing, the one who promises more is always going to have the advantage.

If we’re going to change leadership, we need to do it in a very systematic and organized way.

I have never believed in the fallacy that the federal government can buy its way out of economic troubles through needless spending. For that reason, I am proud to oppose ‘stimulus’ packages and endless corporate bailouts, which will do little but weaken the long-term integrity of the American economy.

I was elected to represent my district, not to predict the future.

Louisiana’s a very conservative state. When we’ve ever polled this, we’ve found that they like conservative reforms. They want us to fight back against our leadership and Democrats, so it’s very consistent.

If a woman chooses to have an abortion, it is legal to do that in this country, but I don’t think taxpayers should be put in a position to have to pay for those abortions.

At any time, somebody can blow themselves up and take Americans with them. They can blow up an airplane; they can crash an airplane. That’s something we have to worry about every day – we spend 40 billion dollars yearly on homeland security. That has nothing to do with Crusades or any of that other nonsense.

I’m a public servant. And I work for the American people.

I certainly don’t think that taxpayers should subsidize abortions.

We owe our law enforcement officers the highest respect.

I can’t think of anything right now that could be more damaging for our economy than passing and putting into effect and implementing Obamacare.

Louisiana wants a leader that will take their values to D.C. and will fight for them without wavering.

Most Americans do not support amnesty, especially without securing the borders.