Steve Chabot Quotes (29 Quotes)

Basically, what President Bush is trying to do is defend the country against another terrorist attack. He got advice, as far as I know, from the Justice Department and others who said that this is legal. To censure him at this point and just to automatically say that what he did was illegal is completely premature and, I think, irresponsible.

Go by your own conscience.

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

People say that everybody has the right intentions when they first run, then they end up being corrupted by the system. I think many are.

It's one of those topics that always comes up at constituent meetings. It concerns people because I think most people think that we ought to have more control over our borders.

To build a home or open a business, it's so frustrating because you have to go to so many different offices at City Hall and get run-around answers.

I think it's very easy to get corrupted.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.

If we're serious about ending, destroying, stopping international terrorism, we absolutely have to target Saddam Hussein.

You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent.

It's very popular to spend other people's money. You can get buildings named after yourself. But it's a disgrace because this isn't our money.

There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council.

We all know the president's behavior has been reprehensible. President Clinton, however, refuses to admit what all of us know is true. To this day, he continues to deny and distort. He continues to dispute the undeniable facts that are before the Senate and before the American people.

Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.

We should always strive for the best way to raise children and that's to have a mother and father in the home. Not two men or two women.

People can really have an impact on a campaign and learn an awful lot. It can be an enjoyable experience.

Their nutrition is much better than it was prior to them being there. They are getting adequate food, adequate health care. They are provided with a Koran and the opportunity to pray five times a day. There is an arrow in the cells pointing toward Mecca so they know which direction Mecca is. So really, I think they are being humanely treated when one considers the circumstances under which they were captured.

That, in my view, would be a real mistake. We need to continue to hold these detainees and perhaps others in the future to prevent them from rejoining the terror war against the United States or our allies and to prevent future attacks against our people.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

It's the hard-working people who earned the money to begin with. It's their money and we ought to be very careful with it. We aren't careful enough.

There's so much mudslinging going on, and people get so turned off by that. It seems like neither party is aware of that. They're too concerned with blasting each other.

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

It's appropriate to show the differences on issues between the candidates and to educate the public so they can make a decision.

We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate.

We're getting a lay of the land. We're finding out where the microphones are, how they'll operate, which tables we're going be sitting at, how to present the exhibits -- the basic details that one wants to be familiar with when you're presenting a trial.

Politics is a contact sport.

It's almost ludicrous that Feingold in the Senate has put up this idea of censuring Bush.