It typically takes bipartisan work to build enough consensus to get things through our legislative process.
Todd Young
We need a conservative welfare reform initiative that is focused on putting people back to work and ensures taxpayer money is only spent on programs that have been proven to work.
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.'
One of the things I learned at the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps is we have to make tough decisions.
I'm a libertarian-conservative. I believe the state should focus on defending lives, rights, and property instead of depriving its citizens of their God-given liberties.
Social-impact partnerships address our moral responsibilities to ensure that social programs actually improve recipients' lives, and to do so in a fiscally prudent manner.
As someone who took an oath to defend this country, I refuse to sit idle until the unimaginable occurs: Iran cheats or simply runs out the clock, and the largest state sponsor of terrorism threatens the United States and its allies with a nuclear weapon.
Clearly, there are persistent differences in our country.
We may not realize it, but a crucial step in building a healthy economy is helping people move from welfare to work.
Most Hoosiers underestimate their ability to effect change.
Getting the budget balanced, regulatory reform, tax reform - I think these lead to economic growth.
If you look in a dictionary, the word 'Indianan' may appear. But the first task, the litmus test as to whether or not someone really is from Indiana or has spent any kind of considerable time in Indiana, is whether or not they use the word 'Indianan,' because no one in Indiana ever uses that term. We refer to ourselves as Hoosiers.
Modern media has a real tendency to focus on the divisions rather than the commonalities.
As the son of a small business owner, I know how regulatory overreach can stifle our economy and cost Americans jobs.
Our nation must come together as only Americans can.
People are so frustrated by electing people to represent them in Washington, D.C., and having them immediately forget about the Hoosiers they represent.
I spend roughly two out of every three nights at my house in Indiana.
It is both wrong and short-sighted to believe that we can better protect our national security interests by ignoring or sidelining human rights.
We live in a representative democracy, characterized by free and fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. After most elections, roughly half of Americans are thrilled with the results; the other half are profoundly disappointed.
Most Hoosiers intend to support the Republican nominees. Most Hoosiers believe leaders like myself should speak out when we disagree.
The vast majority of my job is, and should be done, in the state of Indiana.
A rising tide lifts most boats. But some boats require patching.
Indiana's ninth congressional district isn't historically known as a fount of congressional contributions. That said, if you look at my fundraising history, we've succeeded.
The skilled workers at AM General help ensure that our troops and our allies have the best and most modernized vehicles, and AM General serves as a major economic engine for our state.
Through a respectful exchange of ideas and emphasis on shared goals, I am confident we can put many of our disagreements behind us to ensure a better future for all Americans.
I'm proud of my dad's name. But I'm not running on my dad's name. I'm running on my dad's values.
John McCain and Lindsay Graham have a habit of communicating with great passion and regularity. I have great respect for both individuals, but their style is not everyone's style.
The Senate, as opposed to the House, has been less successful in advancing some of the legislation that I think are important to Hoosiers.
Promoting and protecting human rights internationally is not just a matter of principle or morality - doing so also serves our national security interests.
Washington's foot-dragging, obstructionism, and overreach must end.
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.
Safety-net programs must make efficient use of taxpayer resources and harness the capabilities of recipients by helping them move back into the workforce.
U.S. national security interests are best served when the United Nations effectively fulfills this core purpose.
We need to simplify the tax code to reward Americans for working hard, investing, saving - and allow families to keep more of their own money.
This is an appropriate role for the federal government - to invest in basic research.
In each and every election, it's your rights, it's your freedoms, it's your interests that are on the ballot.
It's extremely hard for the economy to grow when the workforce is shrinking.
We need to make sure that joblessness never pays more than employment.
Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success.
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the other side wanting to spend less in the name of fiscal restraint. In both cases, money serves as a proxy for moral responsibility.
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.
Intelligence work in the Marine Corps proved to me the strategic value in establishing a Central Command to act as a clearinghouse for disparate bits and floating bytes of information.
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.
The American people deserve an honest assessment of the state of our foreign affairs.
As a parent, I know I speak for millions when I say that every child deserves to grow up in a stable, loving home.
My wife Jenny and I have four young children of our own.
The issue most on Hoosiers' minds is job creation, job retention, and household income.
I actually understand what a Marine on the ground goes through. I've seen generals and admirals struggle with different situations.
If we're going to make sure that we get our legislation right... we need to actually be spending time with Hoosiers.
We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.
