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.

The USA Freedom Act does not propose that we abandon any and all efforts to analyze telephone data, what we're talking about here is a program that currently contemplates the collection of all data just as a routine matter and the aggregation of all that data in one database. That causes concerns for a lot of people... There's a lot of potential for abuse.

The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. “Teaching to the middle” is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.

Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

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

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

Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying and I've been saying this for six months.