I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.

The American dream is about freedom.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.

Do I think that the ACA is going to force rationing upon the American people? Yes.