One of the things you don’t always realize when you’re younger is that not everything you try is going to work. – Mike Pompeo
Poll after poll shows that consumers want the right to know what’s in their food and how it’s produced. Because our food choices have such a significant impact on our lives, this is a trend that should be welcomed, not frustrated. – Mike Pompeo
Private monopolies run by special interests should not get to raise taxes and set regulatory policy for the United States. – Mike Pompeo
We now see hacking taking place by foreign governments and by private individuals all around the world. – Mike Pompeo
We stand for getting government out of the way, letting people make good decisions for themselves, in education, returning power to school boards and to teachers and to parents so they can educate the children. – Mike Pompeo
Every single day, agents of certain foreign governments are relentlessly and methodically trying to hack into our corporations’ computer networks and steal blueprints for next-generation equipment and products from some of America’s largest exporters. – Mike Pompeo
The unmerited fear of genetically modified organism crops threatens scientific advancements in biotechnology needed to meet the growing global demand for safe and affordable food. – Mike Pompeo
The goal of isolating extremists and making them unwelcome in Muslim communities has been abandoned. – Mike Pompeo
Feeding the world will be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. It will be impossible without using scientific advancements and biotechnology. – Mike Pompeo
If you choose to put political expediency and politics ahead of the men and women on the ground, for that, you’ll have to answer to yourself. I find it morally reprehensible. – Mike Pompeo
For folks in Washington to believe that they are smart enough to pick the next energy technology is, in my judgment, the height of arrogance. For me or any of my peers to pick energy-technology X as the solution to solving America’s energy problems is just a fool’s errand. – Mike Pompeo
What you find is, you have to deliver a product that has value to the customer. When you do, and I think the wind community is getting much closer to that, customers will want it. – Mike Pompeo
The JCPOA can perhaps delay Iran’s nuclear weapons program for a few years. Conversely, it has virtually guaranteed that Iran will have the freedom to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons at the end of the commitment. – Mike Pompeo
Advocates of GMO labeling aren’t seeking a warning label. We’re simply asking for a factual, non-judgmental disclosure on the back of the package. – Mike Pompeo
Charles Koch and David Koch, co-owners of Koch Industries, are U.S. citizens, taxpayers, entrepreneurs and employers. – Mike Pompeo
At some point, the government expands into the private sphere so far that you live in a place with a whole lot less freedom. I didn’t like that that was the direction of travel for our country, and decided to come to Washington to try and be a small part of bringing it back. – Mike Pompeo
The Safe and Affordable Food Labeling Act aims to address unnecessary impediments to feeding the world. – Mike Pompeo
It’s much too easy to come here illegally and very, very difficult to become an immigrant through lawful process. I think we need to reverse those. – Mike Pompeo
Even if Koch Industries had a financial interest in the Keystone XL pipeline, what possibly could be wrong with that? Perhaps more important, under what circumstances would such an interest be worthy of a congressional inquisition? – Mike Pompeo
I am proud to serve on the House Intelligence Committee, and every day, I see the lifesaving work of our men and women in uniform. – Mike Pompeo
Non-commercial general aviation flights serve as a lifeline to thousands of communities where airlines do not fly, while contributing a fraction of total U.S. air traffic congestion. – Mike Pompeo
Secretary Clinton was warned repeatedly about her duty to secure classified information and that her unsecure server did not meet that standard. – Mike Pompeo
As a member of Congress, I am part of a large group of elected officials who remain clear-eyed about the threat emanating from Tehran. – Mike Pompeo
I’d start a business again in a heartbeat. Indeed, I hope that one day I may get the chance to do so when my mission here in Washington, D.C. is complete. – Mike Pompeo
It would not be permissible for you to build a home and not let law enforcement in if they had a search warrant. If they think there’s a crime ongoing, they go to court and get a warrant, and they’re permitted to come in your home under the Fourth Amendment. – Mike Pompeo
Because of Iran’s support for terrorism, disrespect for human rights, and nuclear proliferation, it has been under U.S. and international sanctions for decades – and companies have been fined billions for circumventing those sanctions. – Mike Pompeo