I think it's important for the people to see the government is functioning.

If Mr. Obama wants to get things done, he must recognize that in Washington only the president has the power to make the first big move.

A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.

Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves.

Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before.