Trey Gowdy Quotes

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I am not surprised that the president of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said Benghazi happened a long time ago. I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.

Trey Gowdy

Trust, Bad Ass, Usa

"Gowdy: Why Does the Media Not Care About Benghazi?". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 18, 2014.

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The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.

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Badass, Thinking, President

"Rep. Gowdy: Paper applications for ObamaCare are a 'facade'". www.foxnews.com. November 04, 2013.

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While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts.

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People, Different, Facts

"Rep. Gowdy named to lead Benghazi select committee". www.foxnews.com. May 5, 2014.

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No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.

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Bad Ass, Law, Giving

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Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

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Facts, Republican, Democrat

"How should US respond to Boko Haram? Will select committee get to the bottom of Benghazi?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. May 11, 2014.

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These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.

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Bad Ass, Years, Priorities

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If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce?

Trey Gowdy

Bad Ass, Law, President

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It always matters, whether or not you can trust your government.

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Government, Matter

"Republicans Vow To Keep Pressure On Benghazi Probe". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and David Greene, www.npr.org. May 9, 2013.

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She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens.

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Regret, Lying, Bad Ass

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Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.

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Bad Ass, Media, Special

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There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job.

Trey Gowdy

Jobs, Errors, Paper

"Gowdy to first-hand account Benghazi eyewitnesses: You will be protected". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. April 30, 2013.

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Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years we offer for public office, and if you don't want to do it then don't run. But the notion that you can make $174,000 in this country and be underpaid is laughable.

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Running, Country, Jobs

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It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing, honestly... mind-numbingly stupid.

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Stupid, Bad Ass, Office

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I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution.

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Believe, Bad Ass, Years

"Fournier defends linking ObamaCare to Katrina and Iraq". "The Kelly File" with Megyn Kelly, www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2013.

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If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?

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Law, Categories, Certain

"Congressman rips Obama for acting like tyrant". Fox News Interview, www.wnd.com. December 16, 2013.

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You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good enough for us to ask brand-new citizens to affirm their devotion to the law, is it too much to ask that the president do the same?

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Bad Ass, Law, President

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The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

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Firsts, First Amendment, Amendments

"Congressman Trey Gowdy On Leaks: ‘I Thought All Reporters Aspire’ To Go To Jail" By Jack Mirkinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 12, 2012.

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You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse.

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May, Purses, Briefcases

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I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia.

Trey Gowdy

Columbia

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I would love the chance to ask follow-up questions of Susan Rice because David Gregory apparently did not avail himself of that opportunity. Greta, I just listened to the clip - I get tougher questions in the Bojangles drive-through than he asked her.

Trey Gowdy

Badass, Opportunity, Bad Ass

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My daughter took Latin for three years; she still cant speak it.

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Daughter, Latin, Years

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Well, I certainly hope the Democrats participate. I continue to think that some things transcend politics like the murder of four of our fellow citizens and whether or not you trust government. That is not a red or blue issue. That is an American issue. As for whether or not they boycott, I hope they don't.

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Badass, Bad Ass, Thinking

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I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.

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Badass, Bad Ass, Numbers

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What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?

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Bad Ass, President, Letters

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I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.

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Summer, Badass, Bad Ass

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