Robert Phillips Corker Jr. Quotes

• I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

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• I saved $8,000 and created a construction company when I was 25.

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• In business, you try to solve problems.

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• My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you’re gonna do when you say you’re gonna do it.

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• We need to make sure we have secure borders.

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• I started working when I was 13, picking up trash, bagging ice.

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• I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn’t pass the Senate.

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• If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I’d rather achieve the savings.

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• It is not really our country so much is the problem, it’s sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

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• The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don’t think there’s anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.

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• I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we’re doing there on the ground is just not sustainable.

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• I’m a lawmaker, but I really don’t like laws.

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• Not every problem is solvable, okay.

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• I want to see the economy rebound.

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Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (14)

Birth:	24th August, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Senator

About

Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr. is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee. Corker, a Republican, served as mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 2001–2005, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, succeeding Bill Frist. Corker was a businessman prior to holding public office.

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