Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Rosendale

Jon Tester continues to tell Montanans one thing and then votes the other way when he's back in Washington D.C.

We are a nation of borders and - I mean, that is one of the main things that the federal government is in charge with, and that is protecting the citizens of the United States and our whole nation.

We need to secure the border and build the wall; we need to end sanctuary cities, deport criminals, and bring law and order back to this country.

The people of Montana want to send me to Washington - not to bring home the bacon but to slaughter the hog.

We would not have this catastrophe of Obamacare if it were not for Jon Tester.

I think that freedom of speech is just that, and groups have the right to support or oppose issues that are going to affect them as well as individuals do.

People understand that they can spend their money better than the government can.

I'll stand with President Trump and get tough on illegal immigration.

I've made my career, made money in real estate and real estate development.

I've worked the ranch. I've hauled sugar beets from the field.

I'm a straight shooter: I'll stand with the people of Montana and President Trump to support Kavanaugh's nomination because there is no doubt that he will defend our Constitution and protect our Montana way of life.

Jon Tester no longer can say that he supports the principles and values of the people of Montana.

After about 20 years of the real estate industry - where we had built it up from a little one-off, just five-agent operation - we built that that into a four-office, 65-agent, multimillion-dollar firm. At that point, I relocated to my ranch in eastern Montana and really thought that I was going to spend much of my time in ranching.

Fly ash helps create longer-lasting and stronger concrete for use in roads, bridges, runways, and rail transit.

I'll fight for more freedom and prosperity for all Montana: we need to send Trump some conservative reinforcing that will end the liberal constriction.

Jon Tester has been a loyal, loyal, reliable vote for Chuck Schumer.

I really focus on making sure that we pass good policy. I don't mind throwing my elbows around to get it done.

The Trump tax cuts mean business.

I believe that providing options - not mandates - is the best way to reduce costs and improve the quality of our health care.

I'll stand with President Trump. We'll get tough, and we'll build that wall.

We cannot have this porous border, where people come in and out; we don't know who they are.

If we allow responsible management of our forests and end the nonsense litigation from radical environmental groups, we can get our timber mills up and running, reduce the risk of wildfires, and ensure healthier forests and cleaner air.

What's good for America is great for Montana.

What I am is a principled conservative individual who believes in fiscal responsibility.

I mean business about standing with President Trump to make America great again.

You can identify me as the freedom or the liberty candidate or the limited government candidate.

How can you not have people in leadership roles in our country not supporting the rule of law? That's what separates us from the rest of the countries around the world.

You know government needs a haircut. If we keep their spending down, that's more money in your pocket.

Tester voted for President Obama's nominations of Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan but opposed President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch. That's not representing our Montana values.

As much as I enjoy hunting the abundant wildlife along the river bottom, my wife and I also take great pleasure in sharing the hunting opportunities on our ranch with so many from our community each year. We understand that community service and shared enjoyment of our great lands is the true Montana tradition.

We all know that lower taxes will grow our economy and make our nation stronger.

There is no way that anyone who - besides the folks that want to plain ignore facts - there's no way that anyone can say that by building that wall we are not going to accomplish a more secure border. It's just proven. We can do this.

I tell folks when I walk into a room, when I leave, you may not like me - you may not agree with me - but by golly, you will not misunderstand where I am. I get things done.

When you look at all of the problems that are streaming and flowing over that border, the first thing we have to do is secure it. Job number one.

Death should not be a taxable event.

I do not think our security will ever be so effective that we can catch every bad person at the border, nor do I think we can expect our local law enforcement officers to anticipate and stop every violent crime or terrorist act.

Jon Tester needs to be held accountable for his extreme partisan liberal record of supporting President Obama's judicial nominees 99% of the time but then opposing President Trump's nominees.

We need more justices who will uphold the Constitution, follow the rule of law, and protect our Montana way of life.

Liberals from California to Washington are fighting President Trump on illegal immigration.

I don't think I would be characterized as a Tea Party candidate; I would be characterized as the most effective candidate.

It is divisive politics to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens after a national tragedy.

With regards to the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, I believe it lacks a balanced approach. It designates 79,000 acres as new wilderness while only opening up 6,000 acres for recreation.

Millions of people have come to the United States in pursuit of liberty and a better way of life. They contribute to this tremendous melting pot and embrace the opportunities which are presented for them and their families.

As an avid hunter and outdoorsman, I am blessed to call the bank of the great Yellowstone River outside Glendive my home.

You are innocent until proven guilty. And if folks have come forward, whether it is judge Roy Moore or whether it is anyone else, and they have evidence to convict someone of a crime, then they should go through the legal process and do so.

I'm witnessing the problems that the federal government is passing down in terms of drones, in violation of our civil liberties, spying on our citizens, death panels in the form of the government taking over the health care system and the national debt they're just saddling our grandchildren with.

Once you secure that border, then we can start doing an analysis of what we are going to do with all of the folks that got here illegally.

I'm a businessman. I'm a former legislator, and I'm an executive. And I've been very effective in each one of those positions.

Too often, real policy improvements get drowned out by political talking points.

Jon Tester became a multi-millionaire in the Senate, even bought a Cosmopolitan Castle on Capitol Hill. I don't want a castle in Washington, and I don't think becoming a senator should make you rich enough to buy one.

Health insurance costs in the United States are on an unsustainable path. I've heard from hundreds of Montanans who are paying thousands of dollars every year for their health insurance coverage and thousands more for deductibles before their insurance provides any benefit.

I certainly would not deny that the Tea Party, the issues that they have looked at are certainly important to me as well... debt and deficit and recognition of the Constitution.

The people of Montana understand that you will never be able to take enough money from them and give it to the government to quench that thirst. The government will always spend more money.

The one thing that our nation is truly responsible for is securing the nation, make sure the citizens are safe.

Like most Montanans, I get pretty upset when I hear about waste.

Not using fly ash in our highways would just be a plain waste of taxpayers' money, which I find unacceptable. Most people don't realize that without fly ash, many of Montana's infrastructure projects simply would not have been possible - like the Hungry Horse Dam near Glacier National Park.

Jon Tester had a chance to stop sanctuary cities, but he voted with them.

If we can recycle a valuable product that serves an important purpose - and create jobs in the process - then why wouldn't we? Well, that's exactly what fly ash offers.

We are a nation of laws.

Though I had been born in Maryland, Montana was where I truly belonged.