Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

The public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they're going to repeal. They don't know what to replace it with.

I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.

Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.

When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets.