When you go into public service, you understand you’re trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you’re not going to make what people in private sector make. – Trey Gowdy
If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn’t show up, what would happen? You’d be in jail! – Trey Gowdy
I don’t like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges. – Trey Gowdy
I don’t have an issue with whether – from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons. – Trey Gowdy
It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can’t pay an American to pick blueberries. – Trey Gowdy
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren’t Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It’s about respect for the rule of law! – Trey Gowdy
There’s no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes. – Trey Gowdy
If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law? – Trey Gowdy
Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern. – Trey Gowdy
I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina. – Trey Gowdy
Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you’re asked a series of very invasive questions, and you’re expected to tell the truth and they’re under penalty of perjury. And you’re asked those questions so you can’t be blackmailed or extorted. – Trey Gowdy
When people in positions of trust mislead us – either recklessly, negligently or intentionally – that impacts the republic. – Trey Gowdy
You may be less likely to pick on someone if you don’t know what’s in their briefcase or purse. – Trey Gowdy
There’s a reason that students don’t grade their own papers. There’s a reason defendants don’t sentence themselves. And there’s the reason the State Department doesn’t get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress’s job. – Trey Gowdy
I cannot and will not raise money on Benghazi. I also advise my colleagues to follow suit. – Trey Gowdy
October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep. – Trey Gowdy
I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter’s resume – to actually go to jail protecting a source. – Trey Gowdy
The longer you remain silent, the longer you don’t turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you’re withholding something. That’s human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that’s a common sense presumption. – Trey Gowdy
I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something – losing your life is secondary to losing your honor. – Trey Gowdy
I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest. – Trey Gowdy
