My daughter took Latin for three years; she still cant speak it.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.

While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts.

You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse.

Members of Congress are incredibly blessed and fortune to have the jobs that we have. Nobody makes us run. Every two years we offer for public office, and if you don't want to do it then don't run. But the notion that you can make $174,000 in this country and be underpaid is laughable.

These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.