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We are just interested in dealing with the people we're paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.

We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that.

We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road.

This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.

We should have a very limited federal government.

My question becomes, 'If we want to empower people with higher pay, there are probably better ways to do it that are more enduring than simply a federal mandate on wage level.'

We have to have an adequate number of taxes and an adequate amount of taxes.

We're going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I'm convinced we can do it and we don't have a choice.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.