The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.

I went to my first national convention in 1976, when my family supported [Ronald] Reagan over [Gerald] Ford, so we've always been Republicans, but we've always wanted the Republican Party to be the party of fiscally conservative, limited-government types. And I think, sometimes, we haven't done that as well.

My worry now is that many people are talking about a partial repeal of Obamacare. If you only repeal part of it and you leave if some sort of Obamacare light, which some are talking about, my fear is the situation actually gets worse.

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

2007 was a long time ago, and events do change over long periods of time.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

Many states and even many people who are in support of the death penalty question their support of the death penalty because of the imperfection of our courts. Through DNA testing, we don't always get it right, even with that.