This Congress expects better use of the second tranche of TARP funds than was made of the first.

Transparency and accountability must be transformed from slogans to achievable actions.

I want to see recidivism cut in half in this country in the next five years, and I want it to start in Kansas.

It doesn't seem like the idea of raising taxes, is a good idea at this point in time.

Given the severity of the economic downturn that we face, and efforts already under way to try to offset the downturn, it is absolutely clear to me that the very last thing we want to do is raise taxes.

It worked, but it was very painful in the process.

$318 Billion Tax Hit Proposed... doesn't seem to be the mixture of medicines we're talking about.

We also cannot afford, under the rhetoric of eliminating 'tax cuts for the rich,' to increase taxes on income from capital, such as dividends.

Unfortunately, in the midst of our current economic difficulties, there are those who wish to raise taxes using class-warfare rhetoric.

That was the headline in the Wall Street Journal today.

You broke the big inflation period, and you were one of the key architects of that.

By increasing taxes on those business owners under the guise of 'taxing the rich,' we are going to end up taxing small business owners who will respond by reducing their business activities.