Both of us understand that real reform means more than tightening bureaucratic rules; it means fundamental changes to the way Congress does business.

The federal government must accept its responsibility to secure our nation’s borders. In the face of global terrorism, doing so is imperative.

We already have defections from the Blunt list, and we expect more. Vote counts in this sort of race are notoriously inaccurate. I am in this race to the finish.

From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care...

I have no intention of sending my supporters. I’m not going to try to push [those backers] one way or the other.

The good news is, Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market – more choices, lower prices, higher quality – and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits...

There’s an appearance that we have become what we said we would change.

Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.

I think we need an idea person. It’s something we’ve been missing for a long time.

The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only 3.3 working Americans paying payroll taxes to support each individual currently retired and...

There is no margin for error in our energy supply,

Global fuel and consumption, however, is projected to increase by 100 to 150 percent over the next 20 years, driven largely by the rapidly growing Chinese and Indian economies; and this growth and this increase...

My count suggests it would go to a second ballot.

The U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act will help curb America’s reliance on foreign oil and increase our use of new energy technologies.

I dont believe any station can genuinely get away with not lowering their prices by at least 18.4 cents once the tax goes away,

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.

We need to take retirement savings out of the hands of the politicians who are squandering it and give it back to the American people.

These smugglers, many of them present in trafficking through my State of Arizona, create false Social Security cards, false green cards, visas and a variety of other fraudulent documents as an essential part of their...

A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.

If the United States is to protect itself from the economic and the political threats created by this excessive dependence, we must reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and on foreign oil as quickly...

We got elected on an agenda of limited government, individual responsibility, a free-market economy, and a strong national defense. We need to demonstrate right now that that’s what we’re about, and we can get it...

Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense. They simply come under the same...

American consumers benefit from free trade and investment.

Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were some 42 Americans working for every American collecting retirement benefits.

We have to deal with access, affordability and choice in order to get quality.

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those who advocate giving current illegal aliens and future guest workers a special path...

As I think all Americans understand on both sides of the aisle, the Social Security system as it is structured today is a pay-as-you-go system.

It is unacceptable for somebody to come to our country illegally and then prey on an American citizen and not receive a severe penalty.

This election shows that we are listening and did respond.

We must send a very clear message that if you enter our country illegally and then you commit one of these offenses, you will be dealt with harshly and you will pay a heavy price...

Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship.

More than one-third of Mexicans in the United States own property in Mexico, nearly 80 percent send money home and 25 percent have a spouse in Mexico. Assimilation and becoming an American citizen are not...

I have seen the Predator in action, and I believe it is the premier option in unmanned reconnaissance vehicles,

While the system runs a short-term surplus today, we collect more in Social Security taxes than we pay out today in Social Security benefits.

But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure...

We all know that by spending the Social Security surplus year after year, Congress is stealing from our children and grandchildren,

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to...

My response to him was very brief, … I said, ‘Jim, it doesn’t make a difference to me whatsoever. I could care less.’

I don’t think either one of them understands the consequences of the scandals that have hit Washington.

Everything from cars to DVD players to fruits and vegetables are cheaper and better because of the free flow of trade with other nations.

The other two candidates are good people but neither one of them would bring real reform.

Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws.

I don ‘ t believe any station can genuinely get away with not lowering their prices by at least 18.4 cents once the tax goes away,

For example, in my own State of Arizona, an Israeli scientist is working with an Arizona company on a demonstration project involving a very fast-growing algae which can be used to power a biomass energy...