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I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.

I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.

Trey Gowdy
Summer, Badass, Bad Ass

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

Trey Gowdy
Assistants, Telling The Truth, Checks
"CIA Director Petraeus' resignation: Is it really just because of an extramarital affair?". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. November 9, 2012.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

Trey Gowdy
People, Feel Good, Want
"Bonuses give taxpayers $70 million more reasons to hate the IRS". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2013.

Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.

Trey Gowdy
Badass, Bad Ass, Law

I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.

Trey Gowdy
Government, Punishment, Issues

I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.

Trey Gowdy
Jobs, Judging, Bonus
"Bonuses give taxpayers $70 million more reasons to hate the IRS". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2013.

What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy?

Trey Gowdy
Bad Ass, Recourse, Remedy
"Boom: Trey Gowdy Just Roasted Obama To A Crisp On The House Floor And Earned A Standing Ovation". Speech at the House of Representatives, www.westernjournalism.com. August 8, 2014.

The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the right to petition their government for redress.

Trey Gowdy
Badass, Bad Ass, Government

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