Pete Hoekstra Quotations

The time has come for a comprehensive law that will make it easier for the government to prosecute wrongdoers and increase the penalties, which hopefully will act as a deterrent for people thinking about disclosing information.

I've got a lot of respect for Mike Hayden.

I think cleaning house at the CIA needed to happen.

We can produce ethanol at roughly a buck a gallon and that's going to be going down. We can produce soy diesel, biodiesel, at around $2 a gallon. That's probably going to get less expensive, ... These products in the ag community become very, very competitive against traditional fossil fuels and I think that means nothing but good things for ag in Michigan.

The new Medicare prescription drug benefit reflects the growing trend toward preventing illnesses and better managing the health of seniors, ... It will enable people to save money and live healthier lives.

The ability to exercise creativity and develop innovative products is absolutely necessary for manufacturers to not only compete, but to provide career opportunities for an increasingly skilled and educated work force.

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.