I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions of applicants who seek to come here lawfully. Additionally, the framework carves out a special exception for agricultural workers that has little justification.

Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country.

Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.

You can never be too old or too young to be attracted to someone. I still remember my first crush back in grade school.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.

We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionall y limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.