Bob Inglis

Former U.S. congressman

Robert Durden Inglis Sr.is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011.

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About the Bob Inglis

Robert Durden Inglis Sr.is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is a moderate member of the Republican Party. Inglis was unseated in the Republican primary runoff in 2010 after losing to Trey Gowdy by a landslide.

In 2012, Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a nationwide public engagement campaign promoting conservative and free-enterprise solutions to energy and climate challenges. E&EI is based in George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and attempts to build support for energy policies that are dictated by conservative concepts of limited government, big business, accountability, reasonable risk-avoidance, and free enterprise capitalism.

10 Quotes by Bob Inglis

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    It’s clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    For example, a breakthrough in better batteries could supplant hydrogen. Better solar cells could replace or win out in this race to the fuel of the future. Those, I see, as the three big competitors: hydrogen, solar cells and then better batteries.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    So I submit to my colleagues here today that hydrogen is not as far away as we think it is.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    NSF is the only federal agency with a proven track record of selecting education projects through a rigorous, careful and competitive process that draws on a wide variety of experts from outside government.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman

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    We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

    Bob Inglis

    Former U.S. congressman