I'm a Reagan Republican, which means I don't speak ill of other Republicans.

I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate.

We cannot afford the EPA's continued expansion of red tape that is slowing economic growth and threatening to entangle millions of small businesses.

I support renewable energy.

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.

If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.