Home State Quotes:

I'm very humbled by the fact that grassroots efforts are rising up all over the country, but particularly in my home state of Ohio. I barely have words. To know that so many people across the state, from the rural areas to the urban areas, see something in my leadership and really believe I am someone for the people means a lot to me. That's how I want people to see me and my public service.

- Nina Turner

topic: Country, Believe, Home, Grassroots, Urban Areas

In my home state of Indiana we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes.

- Mike Pence

source: VP Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 20 July 2016

topic: Home, Indiana, Growing, Balanced Budget, Growing Economy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a critical test in her political career. Merkel has been under increasing pressure over the European migrant crisis, and recent polls suggest Angela Merkel, who's been the German leader for more than a decade, could lose an election in her political home state.

- Rachel Martin

source: Source: www.npr.org

topic: Home, Careers, Leader, Home State

It doesn't matter to me where Barack Obama goes. If he wants to go to Hawaii because it's his home state, fine! Hunky-dory. Plastic banana, good-time rock 'n' roller dittos.

- Rush Limbaugh

source: Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

topic: Home, Rocks, Hawaii, Home State

I, for one, despite being a pretty solid climate hawk, I am extremely sympathetic to West Virginia and its coal-country needs. I lived there for a year. I've seen it. And the same for Wyoming, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky. They all have parts of their state where that really matters. And I think that home-state constituency issue is a pretty constant one. And I think the problem of extreme lobbying by the corporate sector, which runs about $30-to-$1 compared to everybody else in the world, and the constituent aspect combines to give those industries a consistent advantage.

- Sheldon Whitehouse

source: Source: www.businessinsider.com

topic: Running, Country, Home, West Virginia, Home State

If I were running to be somebody, there are a lot of easier sombodies to be. After all, running against the incumbent governor of your own party in your home state is not the next logical step in a political life.

- Marco Rubio

topic: Running, Party, Home, Political Life, Home State

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

- Jim Ramstad

topic: Home, Safety, Police, Reducing, Public Safety

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

- Bobby Jindal

topic: Home, Louisiana, Dozen, Hurricane Katrina, Higher Education

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

- Jewel

topic: Home, Alaska, Debt, Home State

Well, President-elect Barack Obama and his family are gonna spend the holidays in his home state of Hawaii. And you know who couldn't be more thrilled with this? The press, the reporters who follow the president. Well, think about it. After eight years of spending every holiday cutting brush in Crawford, Texas, they get to go to Hawaii!

- Jay Leno

topic: Home, Holiday, Cutting, Home State

It's great to see the World Rowing Championships returning to U.S. soil for the first time in 25 years. I am even more excited that it will be taking place in my home state of Florida. Regardless of where my rowing career takes me, I am sure to be in attendance in Sarasota in 2017.

- Stephen Young

topic: Home, Careers, Florida, Home State

I was such a huge Bruce Willis fan because of all the Die Hards and Arnold Schwarzenegger was like 'the guy.' Kindergarten Cop was filmed in my home state and I was like, "He's awesome! Now he gets his hair cut next to me, it's fantastic. "

- Katee Sackhoff

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Home, Cutting, Hair, Hair Cut, Home State

Very little makes me feel vulnerable these days. I hit my absolute apex of vulnerability when I returned to my home state of Louisiana, during the Gulf oil spill disaster, and witnessed mass devastation to every demonstration of life surrounding me - from grass, trees, bayous, insects, to animals and people - we all felt demolished.

- Ian Somerhalder

source: "Interview with United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Ian Somerhalder". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Home, Animal, Oil, Bayou, Spills

I'm very optimistic about my home state of Arizona...

- John McCain

source: "South Carolina Primary: Bush Wins Decisively; McCain Promises Fight in Michigan, Arizona". CNN's coverage of the South Carolina Republican primary with Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodruff, Jeff Greenfield., www.cnn.com. February 19, 2000.

topic: Home, Optimistic, Arizona, Home State

The rules that have been imposed, the rules that are already on the books haven't been effective. If you look at the places where the strictest gun control measures, whether it be California, Los Angeles, Barack Obama's home state in Chicago, they're a disaster, and they have the greatest rules in the world.

- Sean Hannity

source: Source: www.foxnews.com

topic: Book, Home, Gun, Home State

I had made a vow to never stay in my home state to play, I wanted to go as far East Coast as possible, more or less to get away from my family life. I ended up staying in my home state and fell in love with it. I ended up having a beautiful relationship with my family over time and it was the best decision I've ever made.

- Hope Solo

topic: Beautiful, Home, Play, East Coast, Home State

The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes.

- Rebecca Solnit

source: "Jurassic Ballot: When Corporations Ruled the Earthrop 23" by Rebecca Solnit, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 25, 2010.

topic: Home, Winning, Oil, Home State

A vast majority of Republicans are on the record saying that they believe the Violence Against Women Act should be reauthorized. Let me be clear: I believe that Violence Against Women Act must be reauthorized.

- John Cornyn

topic: Believe, Majority, Records, Bipartisan, Home State

I am heartbroken by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in my home state. Like so many Americans I am watching the news reports with great sadness. But it's at times like these that each of us must work together to provide lifesaving aid to those in terrible need.

- Tim McGraw

topic: Heartbroken, Sadness, Home, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina

All across my home state, throughout the South, and around the country, LGBT people and their families are seeking basic respect and dignity. This victory is an essential step on the journey toward full equality for all.

- Chad Griffin

topic: Country, Home, Journey, Dignity And Respect, Home State

Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.

- Dick Durbin

topic: Party, Home, Illinois, Home State

Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.

- Zach Wamp

topic: Home, Men, August, Artillery, Home State

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina

- Ike Skelton

topic: Home, Suffering, Emergencies, Katrina, Home State

If you don't know one thing about Kid Rock it's that he's loyal. His band has been together for a long time, he stands by his friends, and the guy still lives in his home state of Michigan.

- Gabrielle Reece

topic: Home, Kids, Rocks, Home State

In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.

- Virgil Goode

topic: Home, House, Abortion, Notify, Home State

I also believe my home state is cursed by ignorance and poverty and racism, much of it deliberately inculcated to control a vulnerable electorate. And I believe many of the politicians in Louisiana are among the most stomach-churning examples of white trash and venality I have ever known. To me, the fact that large numbers of people find them humorously picaresque is mind numbing, on a level with telling fond tales of one's rapist.

- James Lee Burke

source: James Lee Burke (2013). “Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

topic: Believe, Home, Ignorance, Large Numbers, White Trash

In my home state of Delaware, we've done our homework and worked hard and, as a result, we've made great strides in cleaning up our own air pollution. Unfortunately, a number of the upwind states to the west of us have not made the same commitment to reducing harmful pollution by investing in cleaner air.

- Thomas Carper

source: "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Tom Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

topic: Commitment, Home, Air, Cleaning Up, Cleaners

My home State of North Carolina ranks 12th in the United States for increased aging population and, according to a national report, 41st in overall health. According to this same report, individuals aged 50+ are the least healthy.

- Howard Coble

topic: Home, Healthy, North Carolina, Overall Health, Carolina

I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.

- Piers Anthony

source: Sffworld.com Interview, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

topic: Home, Land, Florida, Home State