I think we need to simplify our tax code, but not as a way of generating revenue, as a way of making our tax code more growth- friendly.

Immigration is not an issue that I read about in the newspaper or watch a documentary on PBS or CNN. It's an issues I've lived around my whole life. My family are immigrants. My wife's family are immigrants. All of my neighbors are immigrants.

But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.

We have a violence problem in America. And no one is having a debate about the violence problem. And I think this is a missed opportunity to have an honest and open conversation in this country about why these horrifying things are happening, not simply what they're using to carry this out, but why are people doing this to begin with?

Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

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