No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground. – Mike Pompeo
Some opponents of GMO labeling claim that disclosing genetically modified ingredients will increase food prices. But every shopper knows food companies routinely change their labels to make new claims and highlight innovations. – Mike Pompeo
You eventually have to figure out how to balance the books. So that’s the reason I gave up my day job to come do this was to go fight to create the space where spending matches America’s capacity to tax, and that means economic growth and a smaller, humbler federal government. – Mike Pompeo
I have traveled to GTMO and have seen the honorable and professional behavior of the American men and women in uniform who serve at the detention facility. – Mike Pompeo
As conservatives, we support free market principles and believe the private sector provides solutions that the government cannot. – Mike Pompeo
If terrorists are already on our southern border, a national-security failure has already occurred. – Mike Pompeo
The Democrats’ obsession with the Kochs as a political target is, indeed, additional evidence of a truly Nixonian approach to politics. – Mike Pompeo
The military tribunals currently underway at Guantanamo Bay create a clear legal process, as affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, for adjudicating the cases of these terrorists, when possible. Those efforts would be severely undercut by moving the detainees to the United States. – Mike Pompeo
Through a voluntary national certification program, SAFLA will create uniform rules and definitions for foods carrying a GMO-free label, allowing consumers to understand and identify those products that fit their food preferences. – Mike Pompeo
Conservatives have deep distrust of government power, so I not only understand their privacy concerns, I share them. – Mike Pompeo
I am convinced that the steps contained in H.R. 624 are reasonable, acceptable, and valuable. The vast majority of members of Congress who take the time to study this legislation will agree. – Mike Pompeo
The IRGC’s tentacles are well hidden in the Iranian economy, making the risk of becoming entangled with the organization an impossible-to-quantify possibility. – Mike Pompeo
As a result of the billions of dollars flowing into Iran after the JCPOA, the Iranian regime is able to increase its support to terrorist group groups like Hezbollah. – Mike Pompeo
The nuclear deal with Iran’s radical clerics and their military junta is the most dangerous and potentially deadly action that the Obama administration has yet taken. – Mike Pompeo
President Barack Obama talks about the need to ‘invest’ in alternative energy sources. But the reality is that he is not investing his money – he’s spending yours. – Mike Pompeo
It would be extremely naive to conclude anything other than the following: America’s most vital secrets are in the hands of our adversaries because Secretary Clinton intentionally avoided using official government communication systems. – Mike Pompeo
Creating a new air traffic control regulator outside of the FAA would be a risky and expensive undertaking, the consequences and costs of which would be borne by American taxpayers and the traveling public. – Mike Pompeo
My goal in getting rid of tax loopholes is not to raise taxes. Our problem in Washington, D.C. is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem. – Mike Pompeo
In Wichita, the district I represent, the ‘Air Capital of the World,’ general aviation is critical to the proper functioning of our airspace and is a key driver of economic growth, innovation, and job creation. – Mike Pompeo
In many cases, an expansion of Medicaid will not only drive taxpayer costs but will deliver lower-quality care than what they have today. – Mike Pompeo
Old ideas of not trading because ‘they won’t open their markets to us’ miss the entire point of allowing goods to be imported into the United States – because we want and need them and because someone here believes that the good or service received in exchange for our dollars creates value for them. – Mike Pompeo
We must recognize that we cannot allow the Islamic State to continue to present an existential threat to America. – Mike Pompeo
Any candidate who thinks that we only need to attack ISIS from the sky, without regard to where they flourish and why, shares President Obama’s view that Iran is our partner in peace. – Mike Pompeo
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and Assad are two sides of the same terror coin. Letting Assad continue to wield lethal power means that Tehran’s terror network – from Hezbollah to the Houthis – will persist in threatening the West. – Mike Pompeo
As we have seen both in healthcare and energy, passing reckless, ill-conceived massive bills usually create more problems than we solve. – Mike Pompeo
The Medical Society of Sedgwick County, the Kansas Hospital Association and doctors have really done some remarkable work on wellness-related issues. – Mike Pompeo
To affordably feed the next billion people, we must have higher-yielding crops with even greater nutritional value. America should be at the vanguard of the innovative advances that will make this happen. – Mike Pompeo
To reap the benefits of GMO technology, the U.S. must ensure that decisions about our food system are made based on science, not innuendo. – Mike Pompeo
