We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.

The single most important thing you can do to get elected is to have street money!

I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.

I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.

Growing Greener doesnt produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.

And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.