In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment..

I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we have to live with less. We have a $13….

I wont use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale,….

I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the federal government is goin….

If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going t….

I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids grad….

A consumption tax, a national sales tax makes some sense. But I think that if we move towards a Fair Tax, if we move towards a national sales tax, we….

A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse..

In my life, I'd like to play more golf and, and get a decent handicap..

I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind..

The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage..

I'm coming to Washington D.C. to do the people's work, and the people's work has to do with - reducing spending, and - cutting budgets, and - and tr….

We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also..

Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement bene….

While I think the earth is warming, I don't think that man-made causes are the primary factor..

I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw..

When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government..

What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform g….