So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

But my bill, the Drill Now Act, would actually expedite the whole process, let the Interior Department move ahead quicker... It would stop the radical environmental lawyers from delaying for years with frivolous lawsuits the leasing of the property.

A-PLUS Act - allow states to operate like charter schools.

Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.

Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

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