In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.

We should not be borrowing money from the Chinese to bail out the Greeks. What's coming next? Intergalactic bailouts?

The deficit is the symptom, but spending is the disease.

In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.

What I'd like to do is be able to work with Democrats to reform current entitlement programs for future generations, grandfathering all the grandparents.

I'm one of the top 2 or 3 or 4 most conservative members in the House of Representatives when it comes to economics.

I'm not pro-business. I'm pro-free enterprise.