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.

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.

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.

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.

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.