We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.
Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.
Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem.
But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.
Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.
We will not lose this election for lack of money.
We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.
I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.
Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.
Natural gas is great for America in so many ways.
One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact that everyone knows. We can't eliminate the deficit without raising some revenue... They're wusses.
Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost your 401(k), you're angry. And if your brother-in-law has lost one of those you're angry still. And when you're angry you take it out on people who are in office. Which is natural.
I hate negative ads in general.
I love the concept of community energy.
It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country.
