We have decided that now is the time for me to focus intently on my top priority, my family, as Elizabeth and I raise our two young children. To that end, I will not seek reelection to a third term. – Tim Griffin
People say, ‘Well everybody needs a cellphone.’ Well, what does ‘need’ mean? Do you need an iPad? How about a computer? A printer? – Tim Griffin
During my childhood, my father, a Southern Baptist minister, and my mother, a teacher, made sure I took educational trips to cities such as Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, Va., Philadelphia, and Boston to learn about America’s history. – Tim Griffin
I’m in the gym every morning and have lockers by Democrats. You know, I don’t ask person X or person Y to go out to dinner. Not because they’re bad people – I just have very little in common with them. – Tim Griffin
Instead of more talk about salmon and high-speed rails, more criticism of the Supreme Court or more praise for the Soviet’s Sputnik mission – President Obama should use his State of the Union Address to tell the American people the truth about the fundamental financial challenges our country faces. – Tim Griffin
It’s not fair that people who work, save, and pay for their cell phones are forced to fund the Lifeline program that pads the pockets of people like Carlos Slim, the foreign billionaire who has repeatedly been named the World’s Richest Man. – Tim Griffin
We ought to be incentivizing people to save more of their own money for use taking care of their healthcare expenses, and what we have done is we have set it up where health savings accounts are harder and harder to use for narrower and narrower purposes. – Tim Griffin
In order for our country and economy to get on the right track again, we need a leader who understands how the real economy works and has the vision to fundamentally change Washington. That leader is Mitt Romney. – Tim Griffin
The entire purpose of the State of the Union Address is for the president to outline where we stand as a nation. – Tim Griffin
So far, Senate Republicans are good at getting Facebook likes and town halls and not much else. Do something. – Tim Griffin
I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week, then they couldn’t get their government assistance. – Tim Griffin
People love to talk about the old bipartisanship. But it wasn’t really bipartisanship. Yeah, they had a different label. But they’re replaced now by people with basically the same views. – Tim Griffin
I don’t care what party you belong to or what your background is. If you believe we are headed in the wrong direction and believe there needs to be a check and balance on the president and Congress, then join my campaign. – Tim Griffin
It’s not fair that people save and work and pay for phones from whatever funds they have, and other people get them for free. – Tim Griffin
I love serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, and I have especially enjoyed my time on the Ways and Means Committee. – Tim Griffin