During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge.

My favorite thing is landscaping. I love landscaping. And so what I'll do is, mostly I put language into search engines, and if I want to look, like, at tulip gardens, or, like, Georgian gardens, i love English gardens, how they're laid out. Japanese gardens, Asian gardens. So, I'm kind of a frustrated landscaper.

Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.

I think that it's important that the American people know that Barack Obama didn't have a mild association with Bill Ayers, he had a very strong association with Bill Ayers. Bill Ayers is not someone that the average American wants to see their president have an association with.

I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.

Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war.