You've heard a lot recently of this campaign about me, about these crazy ideas about if somehow I'm elected and go to Washington, suddenly I'm going to turn my back on a whole lifetime of thinking for Phil Bredesen and being independent and suddenly become some kind of a political lackey, that's not going to happen for a bunch of reasons. One of them is that I think a lot of the problem in Washington is with the leadership that we have there now. Whether it be( House Speaker Paul) Ryan or( Democratic Leader Nancy) Pelosi or( Senate Majority Leader) McConnell or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, they're not doing the job.

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The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

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I like to encourage people who are entrepreneurs-in-waiting.

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My education commitment is simple. I believe that every child is unique. Im going to work as hard as I know how, and Im going to ask each of you to help me to offer all Tennessee children the education they need to energize their God-given talents to take them as far as they can go.

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The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we open our hearts and allow the night winds to bring renewed visions of great deeds.

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Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results.

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Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.

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Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

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Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care.

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Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.

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Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.

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The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.

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Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.

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When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know its got legs.

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When I was sworn in as Mayor of Nashville back in 1991, I have to admit to you that I felt for several weeks like a bit of an outsider who had somehow taken over but didnt really belong in this nice palace. I secretly wondered if the real mayor would come back from vacation one day and call the police.

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It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.

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If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

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We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that everyone pays something as they are able.

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At our border with Mexico, our country is taking terrified little children from their parents and incarcerating them in camps behind chain link fences.

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I’ve been upset with what’s going on in Washington, D.C. It’s been going on for a while ; it’s not just Trump or anything like that, most particularly, it just seems [ Washington, D.C. ] has got to a place where nothing gets done, everyone stands around and yells at the other person.

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Bob Corker is a perfect example of what I ’d call an economic Republican, bob Corker’s sensible, out of the business world and is focused on getting things done. I think there are a lot of people who have voted for Bob Corker, who still would and who I believe I can attract.

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