I respect the state workers and I respect their unions but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

Once you start saying 'Let's talk political my own politics my own aspirations' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time but it can become confusing and frustrating and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.

Once you start saying 'Let's talk political my own politics my own aspirations' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time but it can become confusing and frustrating and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda.

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better and that's what I'm doing.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better and that's what I'm doing.