Mr. Cummings and I have spoken twice this morning about our mutual desire to see the Secret Service funded and the agents treated fairly while acknowledging the difficult and important job they have. Trey Gowdy More Quotes by Trey Gowdy More Quotes From Trey Gowdy I am not surprised that the president of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said Benghazi happened a long time ago. I'm just surprised at how many people bought it. Trey Gowdy bad-assusatrust The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction. Trey Gowdy badasspresidentthinking While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts. Trey Gowdy differentfactspeople No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it. Trey Gowdy bad-asslawgiving Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat. Trey Gowdy democratrepublicanfacts If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce? Trey Gowdy bad-asspresidentlaw These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power. Trey Gowdy bad-assprioritiesyears She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens. Trey Gowdy bad-assregretlying It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing, honestly... mind-numbingly stupid. Trey Gowdy bad-assofficestupid Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections. Trey Gowdy bad-assmediaspecial Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years we offer for public office, and if you don't want to do it then don't run. But the notion that you can make $174,000 in this country and be underpaid is laughable. Trey Gowdy runningjobscountry 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 errorspaperjobs It always matters, whether or not you can trust your government. Trey Gowdy governmentmatter 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 categoriescertainlaw The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. Trey Gowdy first-amendmentamendmentsfirsts I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution. Trey Gowdy bad-assbelieveyears You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good enough for us to ask brand-new citizens to affirm their devotion to the law, is it too much to ask that the president do the same? Trey Gowdy bad-asspresidentlaw I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia. Trey Gowdy columbia You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse. Trey Gowdy briefcasespursesmay I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. Trey Gowdy bad-assbadassnumbers
