I think it's essential that we do more than talk about austerity measures and cutting.

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

If we're going to make sure that we get our legislation right... we need to actually be spending time with Hoosiers.

The vast majority of my job is, and should be done, in the state of Indiana.

When countries with the worst possible human rights records sit on the UNHRC, seek to deflect attention from their own egregious human rights abuses and attempt to pass judgment on Israel - a country with a vibrant liberal democracy - the credibility of the UNHRC is further undermined, and the United States must not be silent.

My wife Jenny and I have four young children of our own.

As bad as the Obama administration is at trying to legislate without legislators, all too often, Congress is responsible for handing them the 'pen and phone.'

Part of my responsibility as an officer was to oversee a team of analysts charged with synthesizing all of the data points on the map to see how one related to another. By bringing those data points together, a broader picture could be drawn and a strategy developed to counter the existing threat.

Our safety net must reflect our country's belief that - without exception - Americans are not liabilities to be written off but assets to be realized.

Establishment, career politicians are about saying one thing and doing another.