It’s traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It’s done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it’s not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal...

I don’t know why there weren’t plans, … If there had been and they were inadequate, I’d be inclined to say nobody’s perfect – but it just seemed like they weren’t doing anything.

The governors’ plan is simply unacceptable. It misses the point of what real welfare reform is all about.

I’d like the chance to vote against this.

I’ve been very active in Missouri.

Working with Troop A, we were successful in getting the Senate to approve a plan that would protect our first responders and prevent highway fatalities, … Dozens of police officers and fire fighters have lost...

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government – alone among the governments of the world – will not allow its own people to recover the energy...

The home next door may be making methamphetamine. They make it in cars and vans.

I believe voters want a fair and vigorous investigation; they don’t want a cover-up from the party involved. And they don’t want the other party to gloat over it,