Tom Rooney Quotations

Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners, it could reduce loss and, in many cases, save a family's home. For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved.

As a prosecutor, I've been in prisons. I've had the opportunity to see what they're like in America.

Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.

Projecting weakness will not make us safer or discourage attacks against us. We need to show leadership and strength by demonstrating that we will not tolerate violent acts against our people, and we will not leave our citizens or our interests vulnerable to an attack.

Few promises are more sacred than the ones we make to older Americans.

My goal was to try and win that seat. My only question was could I beat Bill Nelson.

I didn't want the kids out there (waiting for a school bus) with that kind of wind.

He disgraced the city, he disgraced himself and he disgraced his family. He could have been a good mayor, but he blew it.

Hey, I can't believe I got more than 1 percent considering I am not known and haven't campaigned.

I'm in regular contact with people who are still in the military-friends, family, people I served with, men and women I taught at West Point-and I look at every military issue through that lens. What they say or think weighs heavily on my mind.

My great uncle Pvt. Tommy Rooney, USMC, was killed on Guam during the Pacific Campaign in World War II. I was named after him, so I always thought about him and wearing the uniform. The JAG Corps gave me that opportunity after law school.