I think we can lower our emissions. I think the world will be better off if we did that, and we can do it without cap and trade.

Nuclear is not only emissions-free, but renewing our commitment to nuclear power will create countless jobs at a time when our nation endures nearly double-digit unemployment.

The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate.

We've heard this before; 'things are bad, we are gonna fix them,' and they remain unfixed.

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

It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they not see benefit reductions. It's awfully hard to tell someone who might be 82, that they've gotta go back to work, because their benefits are gonna be chopped. That's not gonna happen.

Solyndra will be remembered in the history books as a sad hallmark of a newly installed administration that felt it was above the rules, lusting for positive headlines rather than focused on delivering results.