"What we really need Anderson, is we need leadership. You know, we need people who we elect to office to say, hey I'm not going to do the most politically expedient thing. I'm going to do the right thing."
"We need the people we elect to office to first stand up and acknowledge that we have a problem in this country, 35,000 people dying from gunshot wounds, another 100,000 shot every year is completely u..."
"if we don't start looking at the economic impact, when we start to lose American jobs ... then I think we are missing the entire boat."
"I think sometimes we forget in government that our purpose is to serve the people, not them to serve our agency."
"Would it reduce the backlog? I don't want to hear about things in totality, because that is how we always get lost in this government."
"This is not your problem. This is the problem with government."
"How do we find 255,000 hours to spend on union activity when we have people waiting to hear their claim being processed?"
"I have an extremely hard time explaining to my constituents that call our office seeking help with their disability claims that taxpayer dollars are being spent to the tune of $16 million on union act..."
"Meanwhile, I just read a report by the Social Security Commissioner's Office that last year, 2016, the agency spent over $16 million on union representational activities."
"This is an incredible mountain we have to climb. That is thousands of western Pennsylvanians with their lives on hold for almost 2 years while their claim is being processed."
"Now, as a person who has always been in the private sector, it is hard for me to understand that money is the answer to this."