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.

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.

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.

Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials.

You now have six-year campaigns for the Senate - you never stop running. It's not uncommon for a member of the Senate to have a fundraising breakfast, a fundraising lunch and a fundraising dinner, and then when the Senate breaks for the week to go home, more fundraisers. And that's driven by the cost of campaigning.

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.

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