I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this - it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.

I'm really proud of this Supreme Court and the way they've been dealing with the issue of First Amendment political speech.

It seems with every new day, we have a new veto threat from the president.

What happens in committee if the committee functions, more often than not, not every time but more often than not, a bill comes out with bipartisan support.

It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.

For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.

The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.