It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.

I'm a small-town kid who grew up with a cornfield in the back yard and dreaming of serving my country in public office.

Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through mesh.

You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt.

We're doing everything in our power to be a good neighbor, ... Our office has been flooded by calls today from people asking what they can do. The best things they can do now is lend a helping hand to those who are in our state to escape the storm, making a donation to the Red Cross disaster relief fund and pray for those who are still trapped.

There are no kinder, more generous, more welcoming, more hospitable people in America than in the 92 counties of Indiana.