If you want to find a way to keep illegal immigrants, you know where they are, you give them a driver's license. It helps with - they all get insured, it helps with traffic safety. I believe education is the key. Yeah, I was for kids of illegal immigrants, if they fulfill the same academic requirements as New Mexico kids, to be eligible for a scholarship. I believe we have to bring the 12 million undocumented workers out of the shadows, set up a standard where they speak English, if they pass background checks, pay back taxes, obey the laws, embrace American values, give them a chance, a path to citizenship, not amnesty.

Few needs are more pressing, or more deserving of our attention, than taking care of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

I don't have all the answers. I need your help, your guidance, and your leadership to tackle the challenges before us.

So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do. What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.

[on compromise immigration bill] This is fundamentally flawed in its current form, and I would oppose it. We need bipartisanship, but we also need legislation that is compassionate. I’m not sure this is.