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People have been very strong against Obamacare since I was first elected, and they still feel that way. They want us to work to get rid of it. They also are very strong for keeping the government running.
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I didn't eat for two days when Bill Clinton won, but after Obama's election, I was genuinely depressed.
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It takes time for 700,000 people to get to know their congressman.
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We won the Cold War because we showed nuclear vigilance and diligence.
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There's a tremendous amount of rural areas where the constituencies tell me on a regular basis that they are underserved by the availability of broadband.
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I've never been a show horse or particularly charismatic. I'm just the guy who gets up and works hard every day.
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We all have to be concerned about the world being very dangerous.
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When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.
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I'm a can-do conservative, and I just love the job, and I think I'm going to get re-elected.
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I am not a fan of Obamacare. But I was bound and determined to try to comply with the law. I've done everything in my power to try to do that.
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I don't view our approach as negative. I view our approach that when you have a candidate in a Republican primary make statements that would make his position to the left of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama on immigration... we need to bring that out to the people.
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I wear frayed khaki pants.
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Nobody wants the United States to default on its debt. Nobody. But, at some point in time, we've got to address the fiscal woes of this nation.
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We can't continue to tax, borrow, and spend at the rates that we are, and it's just got to be stopped.