You have to wonder about anyone who would argue that 1.9 is where we should be, their view about the American spirit.

If you borrow money, if you take money from people and have no intention and no plan of ever giving it back to them, that is not debt. That is theft.

How do we bring competitive, consumer-driven competition to restrain the growth of costs, actually improve quality and access through competition?

I have had three sons serve in Iraq, in Afghanistan--field artillery, Navy doctor, Corps of Engineers.

Thank you, General and Director, for being here today.

The American worker has nothing to fear from a free trade deal with the United Kingdom, but really should embrace it.

Mr. Speaker, American families today are at an increased risk of cyber attacks. Additional reports of cyber vulnerability in cars threaten the safety of American families by allowing a hacker to access a vehicle and take control from the…

To skip over these programs is to allow them to die over time.

Soft power is destroyed in this budget.

Again speaking for myself, I think we are going to have to take some action pretty quickly.

I would like to eliminate the death tax because I just do not like the concept of taxing people's estate when they die.

For 8 years, President Obama presented a budget, which was a proposal, and got zero votes in the United States or the U.S. House.

But here is what the President needs to do. He needs to look people in the eye and tell them that that is an impossible promise if you are serious about getting out of debt.

Obama increased taxes by $3.1 trillion in 2017. I think that would devastate the economy.

If we do not help the King of Jordan more at a time of critical need, his kingdom could fall.

To the American taxpayer, the King of Jordan is the best ally we could hope to have.

By 2042, Medicare and Social Security alone will consume all the revenue sent to Washington.

The house may be on fire, but it was on fire before we got here.