The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, biotechnology industries that will create the millions of new jobs.

This is an appropriate role for the federal government - to invest in basic research.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.