"President Obama has shown that he is going to address the challenge of health care reform head-on."
"If Americans must exercise restraint with their own funds, then government officials must be required to exercise an even higher standard when spending other peoples' hard-earned income."
"We need a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution."
"We have a spending addiction in Washington, D.C., and it has proven to be an addiction that Congress cannot control on its own."
"Simply put, without additional American natural gas supplies, we will fail to reduce our short-term carbon emissions and instead dramatically raise the cost of energy."
"I care much more about the well being of Floridians then I do about Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds."
"If we go forward with this idea, we will be creating an unlimited number of Fannie Maes and Freddie Macs, companies that are seen in the market as ultimately backed by the Federal Government."
"I don't have one single penny in any of your banks, not one, not one, because I don't want my money put into CDOs and credit default swaps and making humongous bonuses."
"There has been a lot of debate here in Congress about what the TARP funds went to: Was it consumer lending, or was it safety and soundness?"
"I am just going to voice my objections to that bankruptcy cramdown provision that is moving through Congress because if the ultimate objective of this committee and this Chamber is to see a recovery i..."
"It's another reason why people are fed up with Congress. We're facing huge challenges in housing, government spending, taxes and illegal immigration. Congress would be better served to focus on any of..."