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Tom Graves Quotes

When you have a blueprint doesn’t mean you can’t add another room.

– Tom Graves

We’ve had years and years and years of compromises, and that’s led to $14 trillion in debt.

– Tom Graves

I think it’s possible to have a conservative serve in a cardinal position, a subcommittee chair position, and be very effective.

– Tom Graves

I’ve traveled the country advocating for the Fair Tax, along with Herman Cain, Neal Boortz, and John Linder.

– Tom Graves

The easy way out is to increase taxes.

– Tom Graves

I vote my conscience first and my constituents next, regardless of the direction of our leadership.

– Tom Graves

We are united around a simple goal, and that is keeping the government open while protecting our constituents from the harmful effects of Obamacare.

– Tom Graves

I’m just a country boy from north Georgia, and I have three children and a wonderful wife. And when I look at my three children, who are 8, 11, and 12, and they really represent the faces and the future of the children all across my congressional district, and what the Tea Party stands for is not extremism; it’s about their future.

– Tom Graves

Speaker Boehner has said many times that the House of Representatives is the closest institution to the people, and he recognizes that by empowering the members to have direct input into the process.

– Tom Graves

We can either build on the greatness of America or we can fade off into history.

– Tom Graves

The cost of airline tickets will never be transparent as long as the Department of Transportation requires airlines to hide taxes, surcharges, and fees from consumers.

– Tom Graves

I’m a very results-oriented person. I want to see us move the ball forward.

– Tom Graves

Let’s make it simple: Government control means uniformity, regulation, fees, inspection, and yes, compliance.

– Tom Graves

The Transportation Empowerment Act paves the way for better roads, easier commutes, and more family time.

– Tom Graves

Planned Parenthood is absolutely wasteful spending.

– Tom Graves

Rather than negotiating yet another continuing resolution at the last minute, the appropriations process should work as it was originally designed, with appropriations bills passing the House and the Senate and being signed into law by the president, after robust debate, with a process for amendments.

– Tom Graves

When I make decisions, it’s not based on what the Republican Party does. I’m elected by the 9th congressional district.

– Tom Graves

We need to make every effort to ensure Obamacare is never implemented.

– Tom Graves

We’re representing our districts. I make decisions on my district.

– Tom Graves

There’s one thing to say about John Boehner. He’s a fighter. He does fight. And if there is somebody you want in the foxhole with you, it’s going to be John Boehner.

– Tom Graves

We must seize the moment and permanently delay the entire law. Congress can do this. We control the purse strings and can protect taxpayers from funding Obamacare.

– Tom Graves

From day one, my focus as a new-breed appropriator was to look for areas where we could save taxpayer dollars.

– Tom Graves

If the goal of the DOT’s rule is to prevent companies from deceiving passengers about the total cost of their ticket, why is the department mandating that airlines hide the taxes, surcharges and government fees in the fine print?

– Tom Graves

It is about the American people. When something is not ready, it is not working, it is not right, then we owe it to them to do the right thing and say, ‘Let’s hold.’

– Tom Graves

Work hard to do what’s right, keep our future generation in focus and the future of our country in focus.

– Tom Graves

If there is wasteful spending, I will not support it.

– Tom Graves