"Earmarks have become emblematic of everything that is wrong with spending."
"Earmarks have become emblematic of everything wrong with spending."
"When it comes to more borrowing, more spending, more taxes, more bailouts, more government takeovers, I think the majority of Americans want us to say no."
"Look, I think Republicans will always be willing to compromise for our principles, but we'll never compromise our principles."
"Now, Republicans offered a stimulus bill at the same time. Cost half as much as the Democrat proposal in Congress and using your economic analyst models it would have created twice the jobs at half th..."
"Unemployment is at 9.8 percent. God forbid it may well go over 10 percent before we get through these difficult times."
"This is a government takeover of health care. The American people don't want it."
"I think the administration should immediately suspend the plan to deploy H1N1 vaccines to terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay until such time that sufficient vaccinations are made available to the A..."
"We can't borrow and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy."
"The American people want health care reform that will lower the cost of health insurance and lower the cost of health care. But the American people don't want a government takeover of health care."
"The word 'shall' actually appears 3,425 times in the Democrat bill. This is a government takeover of health care."