The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

When money follows results - we will get more results for our money

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.