23 Quotes by Patrick McHenry

It's often difficult for conservatives to separate overall government intervention from a question as simple as the census.

Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further.

I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.

The people's desires have changed, but we're still stuck in our old issue set.

We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process.

I got into the race and people literally laughed, ... They thought I had no chance of winning.

I got a lot of pressure over a period of about two weeks, and I held my ground, ... I was committed to a cause.