Quotes About Legislation

Lawmakers should focus on building strong coalitions, including across the aisle, as they create, draft, and develop effective legislation.

Truly landmark pieces of legislation - including the Social Security Act, Medicare, and the Kennedy and Reagan tax reductions - historically have garnered strong support from both parties. The ACA did not.

For Republicans, tort reform and its health care analogue, malpractice reform, speak to the goal of stronger economic growth and lower costs.

Some states are doing better than others. Some states naturally have stronger economies. So it's not as simple as saying, 'Let's go to $15.' If you do it wrong, you can hurt the very people you're trying to help.

In Connecticut, we have passed some of the strongest anti-gun-violence laws in the nation. We don't restrict anybody's Second Amendment rights.

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public.

I strongly believe the DREAM Act should require the completion of a degree.

While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created the scenarios they sought protection from. Or it would leave juries without the proper rules of engagement that ought govern predictable human interactions.

I believe very strongly in paid sick leave.

I still strongly support a full repeal of Obamacare.

Cracking down on illegal immigration was a key priority when I ran in 2002, 2006, and during my time as governor. Illegal immigration is a big problem, and it needs to be strongly addressed.

The FCC should obviously not propose bad rules that will be struck down; it should propose good rules that will be upheld.

Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.

The Congress plays a central role in our constitutional structure.

In my own opinions as a judge, I have never yet had occasion to find a statute ambiguous.

Usually, even when a bill draws extreme opinions, there can be a process of expression and negotiation.

Remember, the Congress doesn't get as many opportunities to make an impression with the public.

Lawmakers zealously guard their prerogatives, and as much as some might oppose a minimum-wage increase, they will not want to see the issue taken out of their hands.

I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman.

I have never been opposed to earmarks.

The Senate, as opposed to the House, has been less successful in advancing some of the legislation that I think are important to Hoosiers.

In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up.

One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money.