Top 44 Quotes & Sayings by Dan Donovan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Dan Donovan.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Dan Donovan

Daniel Michael Donovan Jr. is an American attorney, former prosecutor, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. Donovan was first elected to Congress in a special election. The district includes all of Staten Island, as well as portions of southwest Brooklyn. He was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democrat Max Rose. Donovan was District Attorney of Richmond County from 2004 to 2015.

A 75-year-old man doesn't need maternity leave or maternity care. A young person doesn't need geriatric care.
We have to help people with their expenses of their health care, their access to their health care, and certainly for the actual care that they receive.
Sleeping in my office isn't very comfortable, but it's my choice to save for my daughter's college instead of spending money on a D.C. apartment. — © Dan Donovan
Sleeping in my office isn't very comfortable, but it's my choice to save for my daughter's college instead of spending money on a D.C. apartment.
My mother's Polish; my dad was Irish.
I grew up in the neighborhood where Eric Garner died. No one knows that about me.
I have never used my office for anything other than the purpose in which I hold it - to represent the people who sent me to Washington.
A woman has the right to choose her reproductive health care.
I think we have to repair our broken health care system.
I am working with Donald Trump to deport dangerous illegal aliens, build the wall, and end sanctuary cities.
I happen to be unique. I'm a Republican that represents an urban area.
There are many avenues to peacefully protest, but those rights don't extend to illegal actions, breaching security perimeters, and threatening police officers.
Washington is too expensive.
Anyone can run against me. I don't care.
Our laws are very clear on a woman's reproductive health care. I will not only enforce those laws as attorney general, I will take the appropriate action against anyone who tries to interfere with a woman's right to choose her reproductive health care.
We need health care reform - including promised Medicaid reform in New York... but it shouldn't be done on the backs of already overburdened City residents who will undoubtedly have a tax increase forced on them to fill in the hole.
We're going to be aggressive on Wall Street and in Albany and on Medicaid fraud. — © Dan Donovan
We're going to be aggressive on Wall Street and in Albany and on Medicaid fraud.
I'm so old... when I was a kid, in order for someone to bully, they had to be bigger and stronger and more intimidating than the people they were bullying. Now with social media and Facebook and Twitter and all those other things, anyone can bully somebody.
I represent 740,000 people who live in Brooklyn and in Staten Island. And I have to vote the way I see is in their interests and their interests only.
I never conducted business as a Republican D.A.
I just simply can't support having my constituents pay more taxes and not receive more benefits for their tax payments.
Our families are overburdened with taxes.
The rest of the world sees America as weak.
There are so many ways now that people contribute through the Internet. We vet all of our contributions, and when something doesn't meet our requirements or a donation exceeds the amount that's allowed by the law, we return it.
Obamacare has burdened New York families with unaffordable premiums, rendered some insurance plans unusable because of high deductibles, and caused people to lose their doctors.
I've never seen my filings. I've instructed my campaign to review my filings and check and see if any don't comply with state election laws, and return them.
My priority always has and will continue to be the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn who sent me to Congress to represent them. Their interests come before Washington, always.
The location of Trump Tower in the heart of America's largest city requires more complex security arrangements than have been needed for past presidents.
You don't have to destroy an entire industry to rid it of corruption.
Paul Ryan wants to get health care repaired and certainly Dan Donovan wants to.
I am in favor of reforming our tax code. It's over-burdensome. It's complex. It's unfair. But the one thing that we have to do is make sure that all Americans receive a tax cut.
I was Guy Molinari's chief of staff. — © Dan Donovan
I was Guy Molinari's chief of staff.
I wanted nothing more than to vote for a tax plan that would put more money in the pockets of overburdened taxpayers and spur job creation.
I was a prosecutor for 20 years.
When people go to the post office or any federal building, they expect to see pictures of their government leaders displayed.
Through the Internet, ISIS and other terrorist groups reach people they wouldn't ordinarily be able to reach.
One of the criticism I had about the Affordable Care Act is it made insurance so expensive that people who had it didn't even use it because their premiums were high. Their deductibles were high. Their copays were high.
It's so much more difficult to get police officers to testify against other police officers.
It's unacceptable for any past or present service member to lose access or go through increased hurdles to get the medical services they rely on.
I will do everything possible to stop crimes against children.
Ensuring the safety and security of our monuments and infrastructure is critical to protecting our communities and the American people.
If we start exposing what gets said in a grand jury, you won't get anybody to testify.
I have never said I was against raising the minimum wage.
People get Washington-ized a lot of times, being down there for awhile, and forget that we're called members of the House of Representatives because we're meant to represent people.
I support DACA, but I also support protecting the border. — © Dan Donovan
I support DACA, but I also support protecting the border.
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