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Jeff Fortenberry
American
Politician
Born:
Dec 27
,
1960
America
Community
Country
Family
People
You
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That sacred space of conscience where you can exercise your rights in terms of religious freedom and deeply-held, reasonable beliefs is the core of human dignity. In fact, that's the basis for civilization itself. And when you lose that fundamental principle... you have no basis on which to build.
Jeff Fortenberry
Freedom
You
Rights
Dignity
Space
Build
Lose
Religious
Religious Freedom
Civilization
Fact
Sacred
Terms
Principle
Exercise
Itself
Human
Where
In Fact
Which
Human Dignity
Your
Reasonable
Beliefs
Fundamental
Fundamental Principle
Conscience
Basis
Core
Shifting loyalties in the Middle East make it difficult to vet supposed moderate groups.
Jeff Fortenberry
Shifting
Difficult
East
Supposed
Make
Vet
Moderate
Middle
Middle East
Loyalties
Groups
I thought incorporating Columbus and Platte County into the 1st District was a good idea.
Jeff Fortenberry
Good
Thought
District
Columbus
Idea
County
Good Idea
From all indications, the Offutt runway replacement is not a matter of 'if.' It is a matter of 'when.'
Jeff Fortenberry
Matter
Runway
Replacement
With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.
Jeff Fortenberry
Service
People
Will
Nation
Congress
State
Our
Seek
Well-Being
Continue
Consent
No one should have to live in fear.
Jeff Fortenberry
Fear
Live
No-One
Should
If it comes out of Congress, I think it has traction in America.
Jeff Fortenberry
Congress
Think
Out
America
I wanted the opportunity to play for Tom Osborne. Here we are in the locker room at half-time, gathering around Coach Osborne. It grows quiet, and I'll never forget what he said. He said, 'Let's get this over with.'
Jeff Fortenberry
Opportunity
Gathering
Locker
Locker Room
Never
He
Never Forget
Over
Around
Said
Quiet
Forget
Get
Wanted
Room
Coach
Tom
Play
Grows
Here
Iraqis must fight for their own country.
Jeff Fortenberry
Fight
Country
Own
Must
Iraqis
I came west for opportunity. I made Lincoln my home.
Jeff Fortenberry
Home
Opportunity
Made
Lincoln
Came
West
People can transcend and overcome their differences and be very easily bonded.
Jeff Fortenberry
People
Overcome
Differences
Easily
Very
Transcend
Bonded
We want a faithful Catholic businessman not to have to provide a service he finds unethical.
Jeff Fortenberry
Service
Faithful
Finds
He
Catholic
Provide
Unethical
Want
Businessman
Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is a scourge for humanity, and America must project its values and protect vulnerable persons.
Jeff Fortenberry
Trafficking
Humanity
Values
Project
Must
Protect
Vulnerable
Scourge
America
Modern
Human
Form
Persons
Slavery
I belong to the political party that generally fits my philosophical beliefs, but I reserve the right to vote my conscience after careful deliberation. My voting record reflects this.
Jeff Fortenberry
Vote
Voting
Political
Party
Philosophical
Record
Deliberation
Generally
Fits
Political Party
Reflects
After
Reserve
Beliefs
Conscience
Right
Belong
Careful
There is a need for a vision that's compelling and uplifting, especially in a time when people are worried. At the same time, in this era, hard work and lofty rhetoric are not going to compel you to the presidency.
Jeff Fortenberry
Work
Hard Work
Time
You
People
Vision
Presidency
Worried
Lofty
Era
Same
Uplifting
Going
Same Time
Rhetoric
Hard
Compel
Compelling
Need
Simply looking at the status quo and suggesting that the tax code is sacrosanct and can never change, and that decisions made in the '80s and '90s can never change, is absurd.
Jeff Fortenberry
Change
Made
Looking
Status
Status Quo
Never
Simply
Absurd
Tax
Quo
Tax Code
Decisions
Code
Suggesting
The tax code is weighted toward the ultra-wealthy and ultra-wealthy corporations and has created an offshore aristocracy of people who can afford to hire an army of accountants and lawyers. This shifts the tax burden to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and others.
Jeff Fortenberry
Army
People
Burden
Others
Corporations
Small
Lawyers
Small Businesses
Entrepreneurs
Weighted
Aristocracy
Toward
Hire
Shifts
Accountants
Afford
Offshore
Tax
Tax Burden
Tax Code
Created
Who
Businesses
Code
My degree in theology was an important part of my formation.
Jeff Fortenberry
Degree
Important
Part
Important Part
Formation
Theology
Respect and a gentlemanly character - those are marks of a Nebraskan.
Jeff Fortenberry
Character
Respect
Marks
Those
Gentlemanly
There's nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed by what's right in America.
Jeff Fortenberry
Nothing
Wrong
Fixed
America
Right
Donald Trump has not yet earned my vote. And I'm not simply going to say 'never,' because I do not want to empower Hillary Clinton.
Jeff Fortenberry
Vote
Earned
Say
Never
Simply
Hillary
Hillary Clinton
Empower
Because
Clinton
Trump
Donald
Donald Trump
Going
Want
The promise of peace seems very far away, but you keep working steadily with good and uplifting attitudes, and that's sometimes tough in the environment we're in.
Jeff Fortenberry
Good
You
Peace
Sometimes
Tough
Promise
Steadily
Seems
Environment
Attitudes
Very
Uplifting
Far
Far Away
Working
Keep
Away
You cannot deny reality: that ISIS is systematically attempting to exterminate Christianity, to exterminate the Yazidi community, to exterminate other religious minorities in vast areas in Iraq and Syria.
Jeff Fortenberry
You
Reality
Community
Christianity
Other
Syria
Systematically
Religious
Minorities
Area
Vast
Attempting
Iraq
Deny
Cannot
Exterminate
You want stability in the world, you have to start with values.
Jeff Fortenberry
You
World
Values
Stability
Want
Start
I'm proud to be able to represent Bellevue and the Offutt and StratCom communities.
Jeff Fortenberry
Able
Proud
Represent
Communities
The consequence of shutting down the government was not healthy.
Jeff Fortenberry
Government
Healthy
Down
Shutting
Consequence
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