Spending is an addiction.

Ideas are more powerful than people.

As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.