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There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time to restore civility in Congress. It's time for action where action is needed - all politics aside.

Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class.

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.

Too many people in Washington care about power institutions, not caring about changing the lives of everyday Americans.

Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.

The problem is we have a Wall Street-to-Washington access of power that has controlled the political climate. The donor class feeds the political class who does the dance that the donor class wants. And the result is federal government keeps getting bigger.

The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

The mentality in Washington is, 'Look what our government - what our government can do for the American people.' We've got to get away from that mentality, and realize it's too expensive. We can't afford it.