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You're going to die sooner.
Silicone breast implants make you healthier.
We must have government that spends less and does less.
There will be no insurance industry left in three years.
Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.
All change starts with a distant rumble at the grassroots level.
We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members.
Matter of fact, the interesting friendships are the ones that are divergent.
The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.
My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his.
Careerism in Washington "goes to the heart of what's wrong in America right now."
Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.
Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.
I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions. I have a great fear now of not having one.
One poll showed that Americans have a higher opinion of witches, the IRS and hemorrhoids than Congress
You have to be courageous to not spend money, ... and we don't have many people who have that courage.
The traits in career politicians the public detests most are produced when ego triumphs over principle.
I firmly believe that the court should take another direction on many of these moral issues that face us.
The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power.
I can't see the country electing another Bush, i love Jeb Bush - I think he's a nice guy. I just can't see it.
How is it that we have sodomy protected under that due process but prostitution unprotected? It's schizophrenic.
We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.
Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase.
The American people will be appalled to learn the health care bill exempts (congressional) leadership and committee staff.
It is easy to see how after receiving this adoration for a term or two most members become convinced they are indispensable.
People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen legislators.
The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.
It is a real issue, a measurement of our society, when we say it's fine to destroy unborn life who has a heartbeat at 16 days post-conception.
The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment.
I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.
The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.
Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.
The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'
The ripping and tearing of an unborn child from his mother's womb through the hands of another, and we say, "That's fine; you have a constitutional right to do that."
An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.
Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice
Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.
Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice.
What makes this mentality dangerous is that when the team is held together by careerism and mindless partisanship, individual members are punished for thinking for themselves.
I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.
When I came to Washington, I was troubled to observe so many similarities between the behaviors of drug-addicted patients and my political colleagues. In Washington power is like morphine.
The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country.
Senator [Sam] Brownback talked about those with disabilities that are destroyed in the womb because of a genetic test that is sometimes wrong. I would put forward that we all have disabilities.
Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue. How is it that that's happened to us?
We've gone down a road to which we don't have the answers for. That's why we have the schizophrenic decisions coming out of the Supreme Court that don't balance logically with one versus another decision.
I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today
I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states in America today.
I'm disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions of Americans are already making. There is no charity without sacrifice.
The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. And we refuse to have the tough forces go on the Pentagon so that at least they are efficient with the money they're spending.
The question that arises as we use all these adjectives and adverbs to describe our physicians as we approach a Supreme Court nominee is where are we in America when we decide that it's legal to kill our unborn children?