You can't make a representation and then claim you didn't make it. You know, it just shouldn't work that way.

I don't think the American people want unilateral government control over the entire health-care system.

The president deserves someone who can block for his policies.

If we don't get this economy going, the numbers that represent this stimulus package are going to be small compared to the loss of revenue to the federal government for our economy.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration.

The government has made $44 trillion in promises we can't afford to keep. We must get serious now about our long-term budgetary problems, recognizing that the sooner we act, the less painful the choices will be.