In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control.
In addition to billions in new 'stimulus' spending that our country can't afford, the Geithner plan also contains billions in tax increases on small and family-owned businesses while protecting the tax preferences of wealthy, multinational corporations.
Apple introduced several way cool products at Macworld. We believe these new products and others still in Apple's development labs will provide upside to revenue and earnings potential for Apple during the next two to four quarters.
The gasoline tax is a user fee, but it does not fill enough of the need, and you want cars to be more efficient.
The edge of a black hole, the event horizon, is a boundary that marks the point of no return. Once an object crosses the event horizon, it cannot escape and will be ripped to pieces, atom by atom.
The first priority of the Republican majority is the security of Americans.
The challenge has been, we make policy in the world of politics.
You can't serve on every committee. But you can know what happened, what the debate was, who said what.
It's the old Washington fiscal game of Jenga. You try to build as much debt as you can take, as much tax as you can take, until you topple the entire economy.
Everybody has a say, everybody has a voice, because everyone that comes to the House had about 750,000 people they're representing . And you want those voices heard.
There's a staircase on the first floor of the Capitol that I walk every day. It's made of marble, and as you walk those steps, you think of those who've walked before you. You think of the challenges that the country's faced.
The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.
We have to defend America and be strong.
I try to drive my office more as a start-up of ideas.
I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better.
I don't need a strong EPA. I don't need to fund a lot of money there.
If I was 20 years old, I would buy a boat and two or three permits ... but you?re talking about a lot of money and you don?t know if (the fishing) is going to be closed tomorrow. It?s a gamble.
I don't live in D.C. I keep an air mattress in my office.
