Quotes from Conor Lamb

No one should have to choose between taking lifesaving medicine and paying for food.

I have voted for police funding in part because of my own experience as a prosecutor.

I'm a Western Pennsylvania Democrat.

Building a police culture that reflects the professionalism of our best officers will require that we pay a decent wage. Treating every American as truly equal in the eyes of the law will require that we teach officers to understand different cultures and social conditions and to recognize the implicit biases we all carry.

I'm a Catholic school boy from the military.

I'm Catholic. I believe life begins at conception, but I'm also American, and I believe in the separation of church and state. A woman's right to choose is the law of the land, and I support that.

My faith tells me where to go and get started and what kind of sympathy to have for people once you get there.

What they really do during boot camp above all else is they create conditions of extreme stress - whether through sleep deprivation or the cold and muddy weather or just noise or whatever it is - and you have to make decisions, not just for yourself, but for the Marines you're supposed to be leading at any given moment.

The Postal Service exists to serve every American, regardless of where you live or what you believe.

Requiring forced arbitration agreements limits consumer rights and protections.

Amtrak should not preclude their customers from exercising their full rights through a forced arbitration policy.

Everybody talks about Pittsburgh reinventing itself and being successful in the 21st century - well, outside the city limits, it means energy jobs and manufacturing.

In Western Pennsylvania, our parents and grandparents left us a strong system of roads, rails, bridges, locks, dams, streetcars, and more - an investment that paid off throughout the twentieth century. It now falls to our generation to rebuild and improve upon this system for the twenty-first century.

The electric grid powers the lives of all Americans - we need to invest in the research to ensure our constituents, companies, and defense installations have electricity when they need it most.

Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is one of the most important things Congress can do to help people in western Pennsylvania.

Our climate is changing. That's a fact, and we need to have a real debate about how we should respond to it.

The coronavirus is having a devastating impact on our senior community and their families.

People suffering from cancer, or diabetes, or asthma or any other preexisting condition shouldn't have to live in fear of losing their coverage or seeing their premiums go through the roof.

One the most efficient ways to combat gun violence is to prevent criminals from obtaining guns in the first place.

There are a lot of presidents in both parties - including President Obama - who had strong claims of executive privilege that I certainly think went too far.

There is a presumption of innocence in American law that means that you cannot consider making someone guilty until all the evidence is in the the procedures are completed.

In my district, energy means family-supporting jobs and cutting-edge science.

I will keep working with both parties in the House to get things done for people in our District.

I believe we need new leadership to put the partisan gridlock behind us, and I promised my constituents I would vote for new leadership.