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You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.

The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.

I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.

Politics is cyclical.

The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.

In America, we're trying to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East and we're not going to be divided along any lines, including religious lines, including ethnic backgrounds.

Some people say that watching pay freezes in the government is like watching water freeze. It expands.

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.

My brother went on to have a long and sordid career.

The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private operations, if you will, take bets on capitalism, that is very well vetted, very well thought out and without political interference.

Well, I'm going to try to make a real difference in Washington's spending patterns.

You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.

Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence.

Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.

Too often, a problem is allowed to fester until it reaches a crisis point... and the American people are left asking the question: what went wrong and why?

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.

Everyone has a past.

Every portal coming into this country is being attacked by those who would harvest information, both national security secrets and just the common information of private individuals and private individuals. That crime is going on, every day, on a single entity known as the Internet.

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.