Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to fill it up.

It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.

Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.

When I was sworn in as Mayor of Nashville back in 1991, I have to admit to you that I felt for several weeks like a bit of an outsider who had somehow taken over but didnt really belong in this nice palace. I secretly wondered if the real mayor would come back from vacation one day and call the police.

Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care.

My education commitment is simple. I believe that every child is unique. Im going to work as hard as I know how, and Im going to ask each of you to help me to offer all Tennessee children the education they need to energize their God-given talents to take them as far as they can go.

Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.