Quotes from Chuck Fleischmann

As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.

I don't view our approach as negative. I view our approach that when you have a candidate in a Republican primary make statements that would make his position to the left of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama on immigration... we need to bring that out to the people.

If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.

People have been very strong against Obamacare since I was first elected, and they still feel that way. They want us to work to get rid of it. They also are very strong for keeping the government running.

I am not a fan of Obamacare. But I was bound and determined to try to comply with the law. I've done everything in my power to try to do that.

We can't continue to tax, borrow, and spend at the rates that we are, and it's just got to be stopped.

I began to get calls from constituents, 'Do you think you can ever get on transportation?' So when there was a vacancy created, I worked very hard to get there.

I think we ought to take Al Gore, put him on an iceberg, and put him way out there.

I've always believed in local government.