Let’s shut down the EPA. The state knows best how to protect resources.

I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I come to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork.

I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere.

You just need the freedom to dream big and a whole lot of hard work.

You don't need to come from wealth or privilege to make a difference.

What's right for New York or California, is not necessarily right for Iowa.

In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.

I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardee's.

In the Iowa senate, I helped pass the largest tax cut in state history - returning over four billion dollars in savings and putting more money back in the pockets of hard-working Iowa families.

As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our nation's vital interests.

We all make mistakes, but one of our biggest mistakes is continually revisiting the past.

A phenomenon that might seem only backwards or silly when expressed at a social level becomes madness at the individual level.

The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.

How many members of Congress go face the people in a town meeting and are prepared to answer questions from the floor. That to me is the real litmus test.

Friends call me Hitch. Maybe it can be turned into a 900-phone number. People would pay to talk to me.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.

I hate when women wear the wrong foundation color. It might be the worst thing on the planet when they wear their makeup too light.

It is now true that this is God's Country, if equal rights-a fair start and an equal chance in the race of life are everywhere secured to all.

The gospel has supernatural versatility to address the particular hopes, fears, and idols of every culture and every person.