In politics, tone and modulation matter.

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.

confirmation of what is for me a bedrock principle, that judging is different from politics.

Someone is going to have to explain to me at some time how raising taxes on job-creators is going to create more jobs.

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

This administration, this agency, the very agency charged with enforcing Obamacare, systematically targeted groups that came into existence because they opposed Obamacare - and they started the targeting the very month, March 2010, that Obamacare came into law - expects us to believe it is the work of two rogue agents in Cincinnati.