I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.

The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming.

Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.

[Barack Obama] had already signed Lilly Ledbetter, signed SCHIP, the children's health insurance program. By the time he had his first address to the joint session, that is as it is called, the first speech, he could say, this is what I asked for, this is what we have done in the first four weeks.

[The Republicans] have come up with nothing. They say repeal and replace. That has alliteration.

Time is our most finite commodity, therefore our most valuable, and I respect other peoples' time.