CHUCK FLEISCHMANN

Most people would agree that infrastructure is something government should do.

There's a tremendous amount of rural areas where the constituencies tell me on a regular basis that they are underserved by the availability of broadband.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

It takes time for 700,000 people to get to know their congressman.

There's a lot of stuff out there that government shouldn't do.

First and foremost, the duty of a representative is to represent the interests of his constituents.

I fervently believe that education is the key to moving forward.

When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.

I wear frayed khaki pants.

Any time you have someone's first-hand account of the sheer terror that ISIS can provoke... that's powerful.

Small business is the backbone of America.

Foreign terrorists are using technology to radicalize Americans at a troubling pace that continues to increase.

Having no experience in running a business, President Obama just doesn't get it. In fact, he fights against it. Just recently, he said, 'If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.'

We need to encourage and reward those who play by the rules.

I've always believed in local government.

People have been very strong against Obamacare since I was first elected, and they still feel that way. They want us to work to get rid of it. They also are very strong for keeping the government running.

I've always loved small business.

As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.

We must get all the facts on the table, and then determine where we go.

I'm a can-do conservative, and I just love the job, and I think I'm going to get re-elected.

I don't view our approach as negative. I view our approach that when you have a candidate in a Republican primary make statements that would make his position to the left of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama on immigration... we need to bring that out to the people.

We've got to look at waste, fraud, and abuse across the board.

Nobody wants the United States to default on its debt. Nobody. But, at some point in time, we've got to address the fiscal woes of this nation.

We're all still kids when it comes to baseball.

We live in a dangerous world, and Russia has not complied with existing treaties.