Quotes by Pete Hoekstra

Any customer of government - whether it's with education, taxes, housing, or health care - understands the frustrations when they have a bad experience. They're stuck and can't go anywhere else.

Choices abound in the free market. Choice creates real and immediate accountability.

Governing has always been hard.

Demanding an end to partisan bickering on foreign policy is not an unrealistic requirement.

Americans must step back and realize that an effective foreign policy is very difficult to devise, and we must present a united front to make it work.

I will never forget standing with fellow members of Congress on the steps of the Capitol to sing 'God Bless America' on the night of 9/11.

When I came to Congress in 1993, the traditional idea that all politics stopped at the water's edge was alive and well. Americans had been unified for the previous four decades against the threat from the former Soviet Union and communism.

From my experience as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, if a congressperson is identified as a potential target by a foreign intelligence service, that individual is notified.

Ensuring that the intelligence community adheres to its responsibilities to report on its activities to Congress is absolutely essential.

Complying with requests from Congress is not optional. It is mandatory.