Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey is an American businessman and politician. He is the junior United States Senator for Pennsylvania, in office since 2011, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Toomey served as a United States Representative for three terms, from 1999 to 2005, but he did not seek a fourth term in compliance with a term limits pledge he had made while running for office in 1998...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 November 1961
CountryUnited States of America
After 2003, we lowered taxes across the board. And by 2004, revenue to the federal government grew. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan cut taxes dramatically. And by the end of the decade, revenue coming in the federal government had doubled.
I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employed hundreds of Pennsylvanians. I know how to get jobs moving in the private sector, rein in the excesses in Washington, and bring some balance to a town that's lost all balance.
If you have a federal government that's not enforcing the law and does not preserve the integrity of its own borders, then naturally, states are going to take matters into their own hands.
I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
well into the millions of dollars already this year.
There is much debate in the scientific community as to the precise sources of global warming.
We need statutory spending limits written into law.
If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase.
Rudy Giuliani is more accomplished at cutting taxes than anyone else.
There's a rising level of frustration with the disconnect between where the vast majority of conservatives are in this country and how Congress is behaving. There's going to be a wake-up call sooner or later.
Unless and until they actually manage to repeal the First Amendment itself, we are going to find a way to give voice to the tens of thousands of people who share our views and want to have a voice in the political process.
What they're talking about doing is the very least we could do. If they can't even do that, then it's a very big problem for the party.
We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work,