My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true.

There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people. The president's going to have to get a touch of reality.

I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday.

Seniors love getting junk mail. It's sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling like they're part of the real world.

They've lost their minds.

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances

Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save lives, save Medicare and ensure no one goes broke just because they get sick.