One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

When I went through Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina, we actually did have bayonets that we trained with.

We need to do a top/bottom review of the federal government and for every agency administration bureaucracy that is not called for in the United States Constitution, we have to really ask the question what is its purpose, how many people work there, how much does it cost the taxpayers and what is the value to our society.

The more we can get Washington out of the way, the stronger our economy and our country will be.

One thing I will commit to the people of Ohio is, when I'm a U.S. senator and there's issues being debated in Washington, when I'm a U.S. senator they'll know exactly what my position is.

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in American history, and 14 government funds around the country were downgraded, we earned the highest rating we could earn on our $4 billion investment fund.