I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming fresh….

So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party..

Every one says: 'Listen, I'd love to reinvest. I'd love to hire people. But I have no idea what this healthcare bill is going to do to my bottom line….

I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending and the debt that we h….

We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth..

A lot of people have tried to put labels on me, but right now I'm focused on being Kristi Noem and getting my message out to South Dakotans..

What our family has done is participate in the farm programs. And so the farm programs I think essentially almost every farmer in South Dakota has pa….

I think the knowledge about how legislation really affects small businesses is extremely valuable. If you haven't run a small business, then you don'….

We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it's not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don't end up ….

When you look at February's (2011) deficit spending alone, and the fact that it was larger than what our total deficit spending was in 2007, the prop….

I'd rather have a real South Dakotan who has lived in this state and made her living here instead of someone with a fancy East Coast law degree any d….

We have to get government out of the job of picking winners and losers. That's what they've been doing the last year and a half, getting in the way o….

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C..