11 Quotes by Chet Edwards

I support the Second Amendment and believe strongly that families around the country have a right to protect themselves.

The question is not whether PTSD is real and serious. It's a devastating mental illness. The question is how many veterans have PTSD, and clearly our goal should be to try to address the veterans' needs and help them deal with their problems and move on in life.

While we are in the process of deploying U.S. Army troops for possible combat in Iraq, the Administration decides to cut funding for their children's education.

It would be a grave strategic error to announce a planned pullout. We need to stay in Iraq until there's a democracy and an established economy, ... Americans must have the will to stick out the effort in Iraq.

Congress would be better served if we played more rather than less,

taking the most from those who have the least and nothing from those who have the most.

I have serious concerns about the number of VA hospitals that provide mental health care services that are being considered for closure.

Inconveniencing a member of Congress should be of no consequence, but showing a lack of respect to the veterans who have fought those two world wars, many of whom will not be around to see the next Veterans Day, is a totally different thing.

If there is a perception the lake is impaired, the value of every home in the community would be affected,