...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it was a one time deal. We were to never do it again. The problem with doing it was we reward people who violated the law. We reward people who came into the country illegally.

Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.

If I brought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

Quite frankly, I think nothing could do more to immediately bolster national security then enabling us to produce more oil and gas here at home at a price consumers could afford.

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.