Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people.

Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.

I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'

If Obamacare is allowed to stand - and Congress is allowed to make the purchase of government-endorsed health insurance compulsory - there will be no meaningful limit on Washington's reach into the lives of the American people. That is certainly not what the Founders intended.

Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.