Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

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

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