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I believe I was sent to Washington to fight for and defend our traditional values of smaller government, lower taxes, a strong national defense, and the lives of the unborn.

I didn't come to Washington to be part of the problem.

I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in Washington, no one's ever talking about them and the challenges they're going through.

I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.

Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done.

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

I'm not revolted by Washington.

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.