Quotes from Kevin McCarthy

You cannot be the leader of the free world and sit on the sidelines and tweet and think you're going to get the job done.

The only way that I can do better than someone else, maybe they're better at something else, but they'll never beat me at work.

Together, we can create something new, something bold, and something to act as a check and balance to Washington's out-of-touch agenda.

Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.

If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.

In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control.

Politically correct speech will not defeat the enemy.

Many times, we spend so much time on policy, but we don't explain how the policy affects and makes the heart even grow bigger. And I think that's a place that we have to look inside.

I try to drive my office more as a start-up of ideas.

The facts are clear. Obamacare is failing the American people.

The gasoline tax is a user fee, but it does not fill enough of the need, and you want cars to be more efficient.

I started my first business when I was 19. I learned a valuable lesson as a small business owner. You are the first one to work, last one to leave, and last one to be paid.

We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.

America is nation of people striving to make life better for themselves and for their families.

When kids start school, families often have little choice over where they can go. Sometimes, children are forced into a failing school simply because their parents live in a certain district, and that school is the only option.

Despite support from a majority of Americans, a majority of the House of Representatives, and a majority of the Senate, Keystone XL is stuck - stalled by special-interest politics.

Black holes destroy any objects that happen to fall victim to their gravitational pull.

Outside of the family, education is the greatest determinant of social mobility.