Quotes from Phil Gingrey


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I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.


Yes, we can pay the interest on the debt. We can renew the $500 billion worth of bonds that are coming due. We can mail out our Social Security checks. We can make sure those Medicare claims are honored. We can pay our military. We can protect our veterans. But when you get beyond that, the soup gets a little thin.


I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job.


I have actively opposed every bailout, every rebate check, every so called 'stimulus.'


I get along with people. But I don't sacrifice my principles either.


I don't want to continue to fund Obamacare.


I don't have hard edges.


I call this 'boss Obamacare.' The only health care that citizens of this country can access are those approved by the boss.


I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.


I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives.


I am angry - mad - at the Chief Justice, John Roberts.


There are some problems, and maybe these huge magazines, even, for someone who says, 'Look, I just use an AR-15 for target practice,' but do you really need to be standing there shooting at a silhouette a shot a second or even quicker with that kind of weapon? For what purpose?


Everyone depending on foreign fuels are all too inclined, it seems, to let jobs leave this country.


Deep ocean drilling is not new.


As long as I am in the Congress, I will continue to fight for and defend our sacred values.


As a physician for over 30 years, I am well aware of the dangers infectious diseases pose.


Americans are calling for a return to common sense in how we solve problems and how the people communicate with their government.


A rising tide lifts all boats, and you have to start with job creation. We will never get there until we replace all these jobs that have been lost.


A majority of Americans think Obamacare will make health care in our country worse, and they're right.


A lot of people get elected to Congress, and sometimes a part of their pledge is a term-limit pledge. There's no accountability.