Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

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.

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.

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

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