I believe we must protect Medicares guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.

I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.

I have always been an independent voice for the folks in my district.

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

In Congress, I was a relentless advocate for fiscal responsibility.

We need to find a balance between protecting our local economies while pursuing the longer-term goal of producing clean, affordable and reliable power.

The Navajo Generating Station in Page, for example, employs hundreds of people, mostly Native Americans, and provides nearly all of the power for the Central Arizona Project. That means our entire state has a big stake in the energy production and economic stability of these plants.

By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.

Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress.

I grew up learning to do more with less.

I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store. I grew up learning to do more with less. And I have been saying, you know, Washington needs to do the same.

Both my mothers family and my fathers family go back almost a hundred years in the district. I was born in the district, raised in the district, raised my family in the district. And so thats the way I see myself.