What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.

It will take hard work, but doing nothing on Social Security, for example, simply makes sure the system will go broke. It's time to make some reforms.

When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal.

In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.

Here in Iowa, as a state senator, I have worked hard to find solutions that work for our state and as a result we've reduced taxes and lowered the unemployment rate. We have done that through hard work and sticking to our Iowa values. In the final months of this campaign I'll be asking voters to send me, and those Iowa values, to Washington, D.C.

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork.

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.