Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

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.

I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.