I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.

I have always been able to rise above the expectations.

The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room.

Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.

Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.