I'm going to wait for the confirmation hearings. I'm familiar with General [John Francis ] Kelly because of my work on the Armed Services Committee. I think he is a fine general and I want to make sure that he has a handle on some of the complicated issues that are contained within Homeland Security.

I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?

For Vladimir Putin to be trying to impact our elections, that - we have to - there has to be - he has to be held accountable.

My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.

I think it's important that we show up. I think it's important that we communicate directly with all those working people.

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted.

I want to compliment the fraternity and sorority organizations for taking the time to meet with us and then removing their support from the legislation that would have been so counterproductive for a goal that I think we all share - and that is making campuses safer and the successful prosecution of people who commit serious crimes. So, good on them that they backed off, and we don't have to fight them.