Steve Chabot Quotations

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think it's very easy to get corrupted.

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

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.

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.

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

I would like to see additional funding for entrepreneurial development programs.

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

Republicans went off track. We were spending too much money.

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

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.

He'd be the guy pushing for the impeachment of President Bush. He has been talking about it publicly.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

Go by your own conscience.

Politics is a contact sport.