Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.

I am willing to work with anyone that wants to do what is best for this country.

I do not believe having a baby is punishment.

I don't think there's anything divisive about me.

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.

I've been married for 22 years. That's the only person I want.

It is the liberal philosophy, not the conservative one, that views humans as selfish automatons.

Our purpose is to be up here to resolve these issues. Our purpose is to be up here and represent the people.

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.

When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.

I think that if we get back to some basic fundamental principles, we can make sure that we resolve the issues. And I think that that's what the Tea Party was all about. It's getting back to a constitutional conservative government. And that is limited, but it's also effective and efficient. I think that that's what we'll be able to do.

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic.

In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is.

Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves.

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of America, you know, the House, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. But that is still sitting over there at the Senate. And so we have got to get this country back on track.

I am sick and tired of hearing that it is our moral duty to serve the state, because conservatives believe that it is our moral duty to serve our fellow man regardless of race, sex, affiliation or creed, and when we serve, we believe that it is the state's duty to get out of the way.