Quotes About Policy

We as governors, whether we're Republican or Democrat, we really believe that we know what's best for our people. And in Arizona, and particularly we're very interested about natural resources.

The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations, and I don't think we're a bloodthirsty country. We need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.

We have spent our time in government fixing the economy.

If we are to candidly and comprehensively address climate change - which I believe is the true crisis of our time - we must find new ways to generate energy and fuel.

Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.

Innovators reimagine our world in so many areas. We need them to help reimagine what government can and should be.

I really don't think we've become a plutocracy, but I worry about the enormous influence that money has in a democracy such as ours.

Mexico secures their border. Why shouldn't we be able to secure ours?

I think GST is a great outcome. There is no ifs and buts about that. It is a transformational event for India.

Demonetisation was a big flop, and its outcome was negative. The government has done nothing to get back black money.

Love or hate the outcome of what Trump has decided to do, keeping or scrapping DACA is outside of his authority as president. The executive branch enforces the law; it does not make it.

When I was in government, what we would used to mystically call 'the kinetic option' was way down on our list. In my personal thinking - in my personal thinking, I need to emphasize that - I have begun to consider that that may not be the worst of all possible outcomes.

Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization.

There are billions of barrels of oil in the Outer Continental Shelf. There is even more in Alaska. There is enough oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West alone to power America for the next hundred years. The Democrats say all this American energy is off limits.

If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.

I would not outlaw or eliminate private health insurance. But if we do a good enough job, with a robust public option, there really should not be as much of a need for private insurance in the market.

There are issues the EPA should be dealing with. When I talk about the EPA and its role with the states, it's not an abolitionist view, that we don't need that agency. It's that the agency should act within the outlines established by Congress.

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

Municipal debt outstanding doubled in the past 10 years. And in the past 30 years, the U.S. has been in real economic nirvana.

Real politics should work for the long-term and overall interests of the community.

The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But it was news that this administration had begun to at least acknowledge that problem.

I'm tired of seeing American jobs, manufacturing, and headquarters forced overseas due to a tax code that works against us.

Climate change has completely overshadowed the conservation concerns that used to be so important to the Democratic Party.

I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.