Telling people more about yourself and distinguishing yourself from your opponent – they’re both essential parts of communicating with voters. – Tim Griffin
If someone really wanted to end Medicare, they wouldn’t propose a reform: they would do nothing. – Tim Griffin
Currently, the Pegasus Pipeline runs through about 13 miles of the Lake Maumelle watershed and also crosses some of the lake’s tributaries. I am especially concerned that the steepness of the shoreline at Lake Maumelle could exacerbate contamination of the water supply in the event of an oil spill and make cleanup more difficult. – Tim Griffin
While others may get distracted, I will continue to focus on the problem of unemployment and seek to help create good, high-paying jobs for Arkansans. – Tim Griffin
While I am talking about private sector job creation, the cap-and-trade energy tax, Speaker Pelosi’s health-care bill and card-check legislation, Washington Democrats are defending groups like ACORN. They are on the wrong side of the issues and know their views are wrong for Arkansas, so they attack me. – Tim Griffin
The last thing we need to do when natural gas has been such a blessing is raise the severance tax. – Tim Griffin
The solution is to change the cake recipe, and that’s the way it is with government. We can start adopting policies that work and that encourage economic growth. If you got incentives for encouraging big business development but not small or medium business development, it’s not going to work. It needs to work for all three. – Tim Griffin
When I looked at it and did my homework on this issue, I concluded that a flat tax is better than a consumption tax. – Tim Griffin
I’m not going to run for Senate, and I’m not going to run for governor – I’d like to put those rumors to rest. – Tim Griffin
Serving the people of Arkansas’ 2nd District is the honor of a lifetime, and I’m grateful for the opportunity I have been given by my fellow Arkansans. – Tim Griffin
I’m going to spend some time with my family. My kids are really in the years where I’m starting to miss more stuff, and we’re going to stay very involved in politics. – Tim Griffin
We can’t be paying pensions to the next generation of federal workers when hardly anyone in the private sector gets them. – Tim Griffin
Historically, Congress hasn’t paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes. – Tim Griffin
Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business climate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney has proven that he is ready to be president on Day One. – Tim Griffin
I think it’s inevitable that aviation is a part of the economic growth that surrounds airports. – Tim Griffin
The health care law’s individual mandate forces nearly all individuals to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The mandate cannot be severed from the rest of the law because it is the primary mechanism through which the law’s changes are supported. Without the mandate, the law collapses. – Tim Griffin
I grew up when ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law. – Tim Griffin
If you do what you’ve always done, you just get more of what you have always had. We’ve now got to dream big and act bold. – Tim Griffin
The framers never intended an infinitely broad Commerce Clause that would let Congress dictate individuals’ purchases. – Tim Griffin
I will complete my second term, but I have made no decision as to my plans after Congress except that I will continue in public service, including as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. – Tim Griffin
I believe our health care system is in drastic need of innovative, patient-centered reforms that encourage competition and increase consumer choice, not the bloated bureaucracy, tax increases, rationing, and mandates in the president’s government takeover. – Tim Griffin
We are the ones that are trying to get Washington spending under control so it can live within its means. – Tim Griffin
I wasn’t elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District. – Tim Griffin
For Arkansas, I think the sky is the limit, but I think we are going to have to fight the urge to avoid risks. We need to look first at where we are as a state. I think, as a state, we have made progress over the years, but there are two kinds of progress: absolute progress and relative progress. – Tim Griffin
