I'm still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people's lives better.

When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets. We know Mitt Romney never met a tax haven he didn't like. But his new favorite tax haven is actually not the Cayman Islands - its Paul Ryan's budget.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

I think there's going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they're worried about where Trump is headed.

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.

I don't think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It's a waste of resources.

We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things; it tells China, it tells Iran. That would be terrible.