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.

I love working for the people of Indiana. I love helping our citizens make the most of their lives, but I do not love Congress.

Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.

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.

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.

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.

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.