Congress and the American people have good reason to fear that we are heading toward another permanent garrison of Americans in a Balkan country where our mission is confused, and our exit strategy a complete mystery.

I believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.

I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but future generations of American taxpayers. We're tying a millstone of debt around their necks, and it is a grave mistake.

When we're talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, "trust me" just isn't good enough.

We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they cannot keep.

Iraq is now the central front in the war against al-Qaeda.