America only works when Americans are working, and far too many Americans aren’t working under this president’s job-killing policies.

America’s persistent high unemployment rate is directly attributable to our complex and confiscatory tax code and the constant threat of even higher taxes from this Administration.

One of the primary impediments to economic recovery is the avalanche of new rules, regulations and red tape coming out of Washington, all of which impose huge costs on business and create a destructive environment of uncertainty in the private sector.

In Congress, I will promote more domestic energy production from multiple sources to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and create jobs.

Every day that ObamaCare remains in effect means rising health care costs, skyrocketing insurance premiums, accelerating job losses, and an exploding federal deficit. In Congress, I will work to fully repeal this unworkable law and replace it with market-based, patient-centered reforms that will lower the cost of health insurance without growing government.

I firmly believe that the greatest internal threat facing our nation today is runaway federal spending and our ever-increasing national debt.

It is our solemn duty as Americans to do all we can to honor our veterans, the brave men and women of the Armed Forces who have sacrificed so much to keep us free.