I think women have come a long way. Women are in positions not because they’re women, they’re in positions because they’re intelligent and they should be equal to their counterparts and treated equally.
I’ve put pencil to paper and I’ve said I would cut spending, and I’ve said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
I don’t think we’re doing an adequate vetting process of those who are coming to our country.
Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material.
And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
I’ve introduced legislation to say, “For right now, let’s stop it,” from about 34 countries.
If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party, they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This is the most important decision any President or any Senator must make, and it deserves vigorous debate.
I think that we have to be very careful about who comes here from the Middle East.
What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there’s still waste in the military budget.
I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
If I had been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn’t have expected to be shot.
The more we can have peaceful trade both with Russia, with China, and with others, you know, there’s a self interest in this for everyone.
Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.
As long as I sit at Henry Clay’s desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.
My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we’re unhappy and that we want things done differently.