The ratio of people working for the government and working in manufacturing today is "an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960."
Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.
"We’ve lost 26 million jobs … since (Obama’s) been president."
For the first time in U.S. history, a personal inaction will be deemed unlawful -- not purchasing a health-insurance plan
"The only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment."
Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.
On running for Senate if Jim Webb retires.
"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."
"Since 1990, in inflation-adjusted dollars, per-student funding of the (Florida) state university system from general revenue has dropped by about $4,000."
The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
Says "some [states] with the largest reductions in crime have also lowered their prison population."
"Corporate taxes will soon be the highest in the industrialized world."