Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution.

Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs.

There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman.

I tell people it's like shopping for a car.People are taking candidates out for a test drive, seeing what they like.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.

There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is happening now in Washington, not two years from now.