If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people.

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.