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Cap-and-trade is a dangerous policy fraught with the potential for significant corruption, and it would hurt my constituents and our economy by raising energy costs.

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.

Arthur Laffer has taught us, 'If you tax something, you get less of it.' That's why firms are moving offshore in droves. It's not about being unpatriotic. It's that it doesn't pay, after-tax, to invest in the United States.

The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.

In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.

If we had zero corporate tax in this country, tens of millions of jobs would get created in this country for no other reason.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.

People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes.

Our economy works really well without an income or a sales tax.