The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems.

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State.

We've got to stop being the stupid party. It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.

I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that violate our sincerely held religious beliefs. We have to stand up and fight for religious liberty. That's where this fight is going.

I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role of the federal government, i do hope that Common Core will be one more, one more reason for us to have this bigger debate, this bigger conversation about the proper role of the federal government in local education.

I'm not for amnesty. I've never been for amnesty, will never be for amnesty.

The Republican party does have a lot of work to do. But changing our principles is not a winning strategy. We need to modernize, not moderate.