The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president.

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.

The bill that was about jobs, jobs, jobs has turned into a bill that's about spending, spending, spending.

We ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal.

And the fact is - is if you lower - if you lower taxes, you don't have to wait for the money to get to the states, the money to get out in contracts. You send a signal immediately, and so businesses start making decisions.

But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.

Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life.