Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.

I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.

I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.

I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.

By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be.

Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system. And it's created the highest standard of living.