It's easy if you're Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks.
A lot of people get elected to Congress, and sometimes a part of their pledge is a term-limit pledge. There's no accountability.
I believe I was sent to Washington to fight for and defend our traditional values of smaller government, lower taxes, a strong national defense, and the lives of the unborn.
I'll help repeal Obamacare in my first term, or go home, because you deserve a senator who gets the job done or gets out of the way. Repeal or go home. That's my pledge to you.
What it is basically, if you go to a gun show, and there's somebody out there in the parking lot, and they're getting out of their car, and they've got an A-15 on their shoulder, or... John Q. Public wants to sell a handgun or whatever, then there's no background check.
To create employment, we need to stimulate the economy, and to stimulate the economy, we need to cut spending and reduce the deficit.
The SSA's practice of allowing union activity during normal federal government operations is unfair to seniors and taxpayers.
Reports have indicated that several border agents have contracted diseases through contact with the unaccompanied minors.
I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job.
Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.
I don't have hard edges.
I get along with people. But I don't sacrifice my principles either.
Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world.
I will continue fighting to protect our Second Amendment rights.
In 2012, a hamburger cost Amtrak $16.15, with riders paying $9.50. This means that we, the taxpayers, are forced to pick up the tab for the remaining $6.65 through subsidies provided to Amtrak.
As long as I am in the Congress, I will continue to fight for and defend our sacred values.
I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives.
I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.
I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.
At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government, and defending our traditional family values.
