People intuitively know that trade is good for our country. We just have to get the right trade agreements.

[Barack Obama] needs to really engage both Republicans and Democrats.

I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of this.

I think the process of being hopeful, being really opportunity oriented, not just in rhetoric but in action, showing that no one get's left behind, not just by talking about it but by doing it, I think is really a key [to political success].

People are frustrated. They're fed up. They don't think the government is working for them.

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it was the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon.