Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being? There's a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species.

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians.

And I would begin with the EPA, because there is no other agency like the EPA. It should really be renamed the 'job-killing organization of America.'

I haven’t had a gaffe or something that I’ve done that has caused me to fall in the polls.

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.

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.

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.