Accountability

We ought to be ashamed of ourselves if we mess it up.

The buck stops here.

The way to improve education for all our children is to increase standards, accountability, and choice within the public schools.

Our first goal was to bring the perpetrators of Pan Am 103 murders to justice.

This is unacceptable.

The IRS should be above reproach.

It is unacceptable for us to continue to tolerate a system under the guise of local control or State responsibility or anything else that hides from the clear light of day to do better.

I'm not ashamed of the fact that I did the best I could within the present system.

The answer is to put competition, change, excellence, accountability back into the public school system, not to take limited funds away from it.

Anyone who is involved in politics must accept responsibility for this problem and take responsibility to repair it.

This Federal effort must continue until all those responsible are brought to justice and no more fires burn.

We have done that for 4 years, and you don't have to guess anymore.

Now, folks, I have done all I can do.

This issue has been swept under the rug for too long.

Too often they operate in secret.

Let us be clear: there was absolutely no excuse for this shutdown.

I have done exactly what I've said I'd do.

This country is in better shape than it was 2 1/2 years ago because we have worked hard to do what we said we would do.