I am hopeful for the American people that we can actually improve the outlook for bringing down costs in health care.

What the president announced yesterday, is that somehow magically, if we just continue to prime the pump of taxpayer dollars, we're going to see magically an economic recovery.

I want what I want when I want it.

But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking this country. And what we heard last night was absolutely the ignoring of that fact. It was: We're going to continue with this agenda. In fact, we're going to double down on healthcare.

I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.

The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.