I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family planning schemes.

America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.

Some members of Congress will claim that the federal government needs the power to monitor Americans in order to allow the government to operate more efficiently. I would remind my colleagues that, in a constitutional republic, the people are never asked to sacrifice their liberties to make the jobs of government officials easier.

The only thing we should prohibit is violence.

My understanding is that espionage means giving secret or classified information to the enemy. Since Snowden shared information with the American people, his indictment for espionage could reveal (or confirm) that the US Government views you and me as the enemy.

I never voted to spend one penny of Social Security money.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.