In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!

All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.

I'm going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.

Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.

Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get on an airplane [to the U.S.] and claim asylum...when you arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York, they will say to you, 'OK, we'll give you a hearing on whether you deserve asylum. Show up in a year.' And two-thirds of the people never show up.

I basically believe that until China stop stealing our intellectual property, and until they stop keeping our companies out that do good things, the amount we will gain from export jobs is minimized, and the amount we lose in middle class incomes is maximized.