Chris Gibson

In the five years from 2007 to 2012, we only gained a little over 1,200 farmers. Since we aren't going to stop eating, we have to reverse that trend, or we'll see even more consolidation, more corporate farms, or increasing food imports; none of that is in our interest. ”

When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence. ”

I believe in peace through strength. ”

For working-class families and small businesses... we have got to find ways to lower energy costs. ”

I came from a working-class family. My dad was in a union. I never forgot what it was like to be a private. ”

The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms. ”

My district has been hit with three 500-year floods in the last several years, so either you believe that we had a one-in-over-100-million probability that occurred, or you believe as I do that there's a new normal, and we have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science. ”

We have changing weather patterns, and we have climate change. This is the science. I hope that my party will come to be comfortable with this because we have to operate in the realm of knowledge and science. ”

Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural. ”

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all. ”