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> [Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/our-volunteer-fire-departments-know-their-needs-better-than/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

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## More by Mike Ross

> [I believe it is time for me to begin a new chapter in my life by spending more time with my family and exploring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/i-believe-it-is-time-for-me-to-begin-a-new-chapter-in-my-life-by/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/our-volunteer-fire-departments-know-their-needs-better-than/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [A lot of people say, 'Why do health-care reform when the deficits are so big?' But that is when we've got to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/a-lot-of-people-say-why-do-health-care-reform-when-the-deficits-are/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/i-m-one-of-those-that-have-said-one-of-my-key-principles-is-i-will/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/while-i-have-worked-hard-to-bring-folks-to-the-middle-to-craft-common/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [I support health care reform in this country, but the current bills we have before us are too big, too costly, and the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/i-support-health-care-reform-in-this-country-but-the-current-bills-we/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/i-think-more-so-than-the-republican-party-we-reflect-america-on-the/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/i-ve-laid-down-my-set-of-principles-so-i-will-not-force-government/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [Just look around; you can't help but laugh at something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/just-look-around-you-can-t-help-but-laugh-at-something/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [Our forefathers never envisioned that a handful of staff write a bill and you rush it through a committee without reading it and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/our-forefathers-never-envisioned-that-a-handful-of-staff-write-a-bill/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/i-never-believed-that-my-service-in-the-u-s-congress-should-become-a/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/redistricting-and-a-broken-polarized-congress-have-made-it-tough-to/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

> [If there ever is government-run health care, the first ones to sign up should be the president and every member of Congress, including myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ross/if-there-ever-is-government-run-health-care-the-first-ones-to-sign-up/)

[Mike Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ross/)

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