We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.

My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.