Top 88 Quotes & Sayings by Phil Gingrey

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Phil Gingrey

John Phillip Gingrey is an American physician and former politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Georgia's 11th congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party (GOP). His district comprised the northwestern suburbs of Atlanta. Since leaving Congress, Gingrey has worked as a senior adviser at the District Policy Group in Washington, D.C., which is the lobbying arm of the Drinker Biddle law firm.

What it is basically, if you go to a gun show, and there's somebody out there in the parking lot, and they're getting out of their car, and they've got an A-15 on their shoulder, or... John Q. Public wants to sell a handgun or whatever, then there's no background check.
With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of their union, the federal government loses the immensely valuable civil service for which he or she was originally hired to perform.
Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world. — © Phil Gingrey
Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world.
I was proud to represent the 11th District of Georgia as a member of Congress for the past 12 years and am excited to now be joining the respected, growing Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Drinker Biddle & Reath.
A lot of people get elected to Congress, and sometimes a part of their pledge is a term-limit pledge. There's no accountability.
Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.
I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.
I get along with people. But I don't sacrifice my principles either.
Americans are fed up with how things are going in the country right now. They see more job losses, rising debt and plummeting home sales. They feel let down by a government that passes one 2,000-page, trillion-dollar law after another instead of focusing on addressing the problems Americans worry about every day.
Most of the folks to whom I listen are concerned for their future. Too many of them know someone who's out of work, has lost their own job, or fear they might. And, they increasingly believe that the opportunity for a better life for their children is slipping away.
The takeover of the U.S. House by Republicans could prompt a revival of the fight for additional funding for the Marietta-built F-22 stealth fighter. This isn't just for the sake of home-cooking, but also for the sake of the country.
I don't have hard edges.
I think the time has come when the American people understand that federal employees need to work an 8-hour day just like everybody else.
Yes, we can pay the interest on the debt. We can renew the $500 billion worth of bonds that are coming due. We can mail out our Social Security checks. We can make sure those Medicare claims are honored. We can pay our military. We can protect our veterans. But when you get beyond that, the soup gets a little thin.
Roger Kahn is someone with a gazillion dollars who thinks that he can use his vast fortune to buy television spots, particularly network television, and boost up his positives, make him appear to be a gentleman farmer, and cover up his warts.
I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives. — © Phil Gingrey
I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives.
For goodness' sakes, back in 2006, when we were about to lose the battle in Iraq, thank goodness our patriots fought in the Anbar province and Fallujah and turned that thing around.
Americans are proud of this country. They want to see things get better, and they want to be part of that turnaround. That's what America Speaking Out is all about.
Everyone depending on foreign fuels are all too inclined, it seems, to let jobs leave this country.
In 2012, a hamburger cost Amtrak $16.15, with riders paying $9.50. This means that we, the taxpayers, are forced to pick up the tab for the remaining $6.65 through subsidies provided to Amtrak.
Once we as doctors are entrusted with the well-being of our patients and their children, it is our duty to take action, to be selfless, and fulfill our obligation to the service of others. I did so willingly, and it brought me great joy throughout my professional career. However, I always had a desire to do more.
The influx of families and unaccompanied children at the border poses many risks, including grave public health threats.
We will literally send a van and a photographer to the home of anybody that can say they can't get a picture made and a photo ID and we will do it... at the state's cost and the taxpayer cost and not at the individual cost.
There are some problems, and maybe these huge magazines, even, for someone who says, 'Look, I just use an AR-15 for target practice,' but do you really need to be standing there shooting at a silhouette a shot a second or even quicker with that kind of weapon? For what purpose?
As a physician for over 30 years, I am well aware of the dangers infectious diseases pose.
I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.
I'll help repeal Obamacare in my first term, or go home, because you deserve a senator who gets the job done or gets out of the way. Repeal or go home. That's my pledge to you.
At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government, and defending our traditional family values.
I have actively opposed every bailout, every rebate check, every so called 'stimulus.'
We can't take our ball and go home when the consequences mean a weaker America.
I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.
I think Tom Frieden, the CDC director, is a good man, is a good doctor and, I think, basically has done a good job.
Republicans are listening and offering better solutions that get Washington out of your way, out of your pocket, and back on your side.
States should require vaccinations for communicable diseases, like measles and the mumps. But you can't catch HPV if an infected schoolmate coughs on you or shares your juice box at lunch. Whether or not girls get vaccinated against HPV is a decision for parents and physicians, not state governments.
A majority of Americans think Obamacare will make health care in our country worse, and they're right.
Deep ocean drilling is not new.
With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?'
As a practicing physician for over 30 years, I can assure the president that the majority of physicians in this country are for health-care reform - just not the government-run reform he prefers.
I call this 'boss Obamacare.' The only health care that citizens of this country can access are those approved by the boss. — © Phil Gingrey
I call this 'boss Obamacare.' The only health care that citizens of this country can access are those approved by the boss.
We have responsibility for ONC and the HITECH act. We've spent tens of billions on non-interoperable products. It may be time for us to look closer at the activities of vendors in the space, given the possibility that fraud is being perpetrated on the American people.
I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming.
We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, 'Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.'
Speaker Boehner is doing a great job.
Leader Reid is doing a horrendous job.
A rising tide lifts all boats, and you have to start with job creation. We will never get there until we replace all these jobs that have been lost.
We could repeal Dodd-Frank. I think that would be a big help.
The reality of this Obamacare provision is that young adults will be forced to subsidize healthcare costs for older, financially stable, working-age Americans. At a time when 20-somethings face underemployment, record school debt and less economic opportunity, it is unfair to saddle them with this burden.
Americans are calling for a return to common sense in how we solve problems and how the people communicate with their government.
I am angry - mad - at the Chief Justice, John Roberts.
As long as I am in the Congress, I will continue to fight for and defend our sacred values.
I've been watching and involved in presidential politics since 1960 when I first voted, and the Republican, the conservative candidate in the primary is always going to lean right and come back to the center for the general - the opposite for the Democrat.
It's easy if you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. — © Phil Gingrey
It's easy if you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks.
I pledge to give all there is of myself.
As an OB-GYN physician, I understand the importance of protecting Americans from sexually transmitted diseases, and I applaud the development of an HPV vaccine. But for states to mandate vaccination for young women is both unprecedented and unacceptable.
There are a lot of undecideds in this country that are hopefully right of center, not left of center.
I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job.
I will continue fighting to protect our Second Amendment rights.
Nobody is more conservative in the Congress and the House than Phil Gingrey.
Official time is not fair to the government or the taxpayer and works solely to the benefit of labor unions and employees who serve as its representative or steward.
It's very easy for the candidates to talk about how conservative they are, how conservative they will be.
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