You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

It's better for the United States and better for the world to have the U.S. be energy independent. Have us have clean air and clean water and protect the environment for future generations of Americans. All of that makes sense.

I'm not a typical Republican. I am a Republican, I wear the Republican jersey, I've been a Republican my whole life. My dad was a Republican, which is interesting because he was in a union early on. The Republican party was very strong in the area that I grew up in. So I'm a loyalist.

I think self-esteem comes from work.

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

Left-leaning policies - I'm 52 years old, I've been to Cuba, I've been to dysfunctional state oriented places - left-leaning policies fail the lower and middle classes.

I'm more of an empiricist. I'm focused on right or wrong, as opposed to left or right.