The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment.

I've learned from being in the woods that titles don't mean much and that actions speak a lot louder than words - even in Congress. I always look for the people who want to act - people who want to run the river or climb the mountain - even if they're not members of my political party.

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.

We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

There is no getting around it; Congress is failing the American people.