Stephen Fincher Quotes

When Ex-Im gives companies the resources they need to sell their products abroad, their employees, suppliers and communities succeed at home.

I am humbled by the opportunity to serve the people of West Tennessee, but I never intended to become a career politician.

Our constituents deserve better than narrow-minded political games.

I strongly believe we must move forward with these much-needed reforms to the Ex-Im Bank by acting on a five-year reauthorization bill.

I’m putting jobs over ideology.

We must, we must cut the EPA‘s legs off. I hate to say that, because it sounds rotten, but they are choking this country to death with legislating through the bureaucracy in Washington.

I’m known up there as the guy from Frog Jump. And it’s a good thing.

We represent the people’s money, and we have to be good stewards of that.

In Arizona, where farm dust is currently regulated, farmers are forced to park tractors on windy days to prevent getting strapped with outrageous fines.

I may not be a polished politician, but as a lifelong farmer, I know that most problems can be solved with a little common sense.

My constituents say, ‘Congressman, have you balanced the budget?’ And I’m going to say, ‘Well, we’re working on it.’ And they are going to say, ‘Well, Congressman, did you get rid of Fannie and Freddie?’ And I’m going to say, ‘Well, we’re working on it.’

Kevin McCarthy is one of my best friends.

As a nation, it’s time to put politics aside and do the right thing to protect innocent little babies.

I really feel like we have drifted too far away from real America.

It’s our government; just leave us alone and… let the free market create the jobs.

Transparency at the Export Import Bank has long been a concern and must be addressed.

The role of citizens, of Christianity, of humanity, is to take care of each other, not for Washington to steal from those in the country and give to others in the country.

People are quick to say with their mouth full, ‘Well, the American farmer is on the dole.’ But a loaf of bread is two bucks when it could be 10 bucks. I know what it is with the government in my business. We would be all for not having government in our business, but we need a fair system.

You name it – it is something every day from the Environmental Protection Agency, and every group I talk to is the same message: ‘Please stop them. Please stop.’

This is other people’s money that Washington is appropriating and spending.

We have to remember there is not a big printing press in Washington that continually prints money over and over.

Chairman Hensarling is a good man who cares about America, and I respect him to the highest degree.