Trey Gowdy's Quotes

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

I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.

I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.

It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.

The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.

There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus.

You may be less likely to pick on someone if you don't know what's in their briefcase or purse.

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.

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.

There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job.

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.