When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.

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

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country.

That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and there are different viewpoints out there. It doesn't mean just because we're members of one party or another, doesn't mean that we behave monolithically. It means that we will express our view points.