Quotes from Lee Zeldin

While bad cops should face the full consequence of the law, the overwhelming majority of good cops have earned our support.

I'm well aware of the dynamics of turnout and measuring enthusiasm and identifying and turning out voters. That's something I'm cognizant of in running a successful campaign.

I would say the reason that Tim Bishop electorally was able to get more votes, if you were just going to analyze registration and numbers, is that he had a quarter of the Republican vote, every election. No one is getting a quarter of the Republican vote from me.

I think we are elected with a responsibility to take tough votes, tackle tough challenges today. There's too much punting.

The system requires bipartisanship.

I don't know if there's ever been a budget that anyone has been 100 percent happy with.

There is no perfect candidate.

If Donald Trump is the candidate against Hillary Clinton, then I will be supporting Donald Trump.

Defeating ISIS. If we do not defeat them abroad, we will be facing more and more of a threat at home. This does not require an occupation or an enduring ground operation.

The people who are fleeing Syria, they're the ones who need to run the country there long-term.

Social media constitute the most powerful readily accessible communications weapon Hamas has in its arsenal.

It's been an honor to wear our nation's uniform.

Few professions are given as much power as we entrust to those who wear the uniform of a police officer. These individuals dedicate themselves to a calling in which threats that can materialize in an instant are part of the job description.

There are broad freedoms in Israel. In fact, Israel's Declaration of Independence grants all Israel's inhabitants equality of social and political rights irrespective of religion, race or gender.

If I happen to be the only Jewish Republican, and I am as a result able to advocate for a stronger, more consistent foreign policy that helps keep my constituents safe and helps protect the freedoms and liberties of my nation, then I welcome that.

President Obama is asking critics of the Iran nuclear deal what the alternative is other than war as if it's rhetorical question, but there is an answer: a better deal.

The dawn of the 21st century marked the emergence of the social media age.

There is more than just words to define a person.

I'm sure that I'd be able to find a lot to disagree on with Eliot Engel.

Where I agree with the president, I'll state that I agree with the president. Where I disagree, I'll state that I disagree.

So, I represent the 1st Congressional District of New York. It's on the east end of Long Island. This is Suffolk County.

I don't consider myself to be a Pete King Republican or a Ted Cruz Republican or a John Boehner Republican, or a Tea Party Republican.

If the Obama administration wanted to implement the DACA program, it should have made the case to Congress and try to pass its proposal into law.

The secretary of defense makes recommendations, sometimes will make strong recommendations to the president of the United States. But the president, whoever it is at that time, decides, makes the call on whether or not to take that recommendation.