The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work.

And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.

Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.

Folks, I don't want my president to leave office with a $10 trillion deficit. I don't want China to own more of our country through our debt.

We have to move forward,