Quotes from Phil Gingrey

With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?'

In 2012, a hamburger cost Amtrak $16.15, with riders paying $9.50. This means that we, the taxpayers, are forced to pick up the tab for the remaining $6.65 through subsidies provided to Amtrak.

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

A lot of times, you're just so determined to get everything that you're going to vote 'no' if you don't. But if you get 75% of what you want and what your district wants, you should be satisfied with that.

I used to go to Savannah all the time as a teenager, and we've got some friends down in Valdosta, so I feel like I've got a good base of support.

I'll help repeal Obamacare in my first term, or go home, because you deserve a senator who gets the job done or gets out of the way. Repeal or go home. That's my pledge to you.

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

Once we as doctors are entrusted with the well-being of our patients and their children, it is our duty to take action, to be selfless, and fulfill our obligation to the service of others. I did so willingly, and it brought me great joy throughout my professional career. However, I always had a desire to do more.

We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, 'Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.'

For goodness' sakes, back in 2006, when we were about to lose the battle in Iraq, thank goodness our patriots fought in the Anbar province and Fallujah and turned that thing around.

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.

Spending on largely ineffective programs - although well intentioned - is a detriment to fostering real job growth.

Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world.

The influx of families and unaccompanied children at the border poses many risks, including grave public health threats.

Democrats like to picture us as pushing grandmother over the cliff or throwing someone under the bus. In either one of those scenarios, at least the senior has a chance to survive.

As a practicing physician for over 30 years, I can assure the president that the majority of physicians in this country are for health-care reform - just not the government-run reform he prefers.

There are a lot of undecideds in this country that are hopefully right of center, not left of center.

Leader Reid is doing a horrendous job.

I think Tom Frieden, the CDC director, is a good man, is a good doctor and, I think, basically has done a good job.

We could repeal Dodd-Frank. I think that would be a big help.

Reports have indicated that several border agents have contracted diseases through contact with the unaccompanied minors.

I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years and am excited to now be joining the respected, growing Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Drinker Biddle & Reath.

I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.

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