I remember when my father passed away, we drove the funeral procession past the bank so he could say one last goodbye. That's how much the bank meant….

When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help turn this economy around? How are we going to ma….

I can tell you that when I travel the state, when I talk to people, they are really struggling, in a very real way. They're losing their jobs, they'r….

I never took that stuff personally when people said I was too young, too inexperienced. I get politics. I get attack ads. But they said 'mobbed up fa….

Family businesses that have been around for generations are suddenly closing their doors, and while I'm not comparing my situation or my family's sit….

Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue..

If, if more stimulus means more tax cuts to small businesses, if, if more stimulus means middle class tax cuts, then I'm for it..

But if, if you take a look at what would have happened, I mean, do we need to see soup lines down the street to figure out what would have happened? ….

While I can't promise you that I'm going to be a perfect candidate and I can't promise you that I'm not going to make mistakes, I can unequivocally p….

We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass.There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of t….

One of the biggest problems out there that I hear from my friends in the business community is that there's no lending, that it's tough to get a loan….

It destroys you when people say complete mistruths about your family..