My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California.

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.