When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate.

I believe that sexual assault - if this is possible - was even more underreported when I was in school.

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.

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

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.