Collin Peterson Quotes

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake.

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

I think we are starting to get some information that will allow us to get to the bottom of this, and I hope we continue to work on this until we get to the bottom of it.

I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful.

When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to us. It's been the exact opposite.

I agree with [Donald] Trump: These trade agreements have not been good deals for America, and they need to be fixed.

[Bernie] Sanders tapped into that [trade issues]; that was part of his support. And then when he didn't make it, some of those Sanders people went to [Donald] Trump.

[Trade] was clearly a factor.That was a complete reversal of where things are normally at. Usually Republicans are all for free trade.

[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party political problems.

You know what the economics are like in Red Lake County. There's no way a family can pay $15,000, $20,000 a year for health insurance and make it work. You just can't do it. It's got to change.

I heard a lot about the Affordable Care Act, too. About how people in the individual market were getting clobbered with all these increases, which is a legitimate issue.

A lot of it is backlash against all this political correctness that's going on.

It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like they've been unleashed.

The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.

It was clear that [the number] just kept growing, and there were no [Hillary] Clinton signs. People were fed up.

NAFTA's been a big problem for sugar.

[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.

I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted party line, a lot more than usual.

Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

It appears to me that no one has learned a thing; that Wall Street is still operating as if 2008 never happened.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

The banks run the place.

The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.