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

The NRA is weakening but the opposing forces are stronger. A member of Congress has and still does pay a price for voting against the NRA. But now a member pays a price for voting with the NRA, too. In many districts, the price is higher when a member votes with the NRA than against the NRA. The public is outraged.

I think Donald Trump is trying to use populist rhetoric to cover up a right-wing agenda.

Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.

If you talk privately to our tech companies, our pharmaceutical companies, our high-end manufacturing companies, the high end of America, where the good-paying jobs are, China is not letting them in unless China gets to steal their intellectual property in a company that`s 51 percent owned by the Chinese.

My car was broken into four times before it was stolen. That can drive you nuts - the repetition. I'd wake up every morning and put on my jeans over my pajamas to run down and see if my car was still on the street. That's not a pleasant way to live.

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.