John Rose: “I really think that we need to require the banks to do a serious quantitative impact study of what happens when people…”

We have the death penalty in Tennessee, and we ought to let it proceed along the guidelines we have in place to dispense the punishment that, as a state, we’ve decided we should dispense in those circumstances where it’s justified.

I think it’s a lot to ask our teachers to follow the leadership of somebody who has never held chalk in the front of a classroom.

As it stands, there's been no time provided for states, retailers or consumers to prepare for a penniless economy.

I think we have to be sure this program is producing the results that have been promised. And I believe that Tennesseans deserve full transparency.