Pushing gun control drives people [in my district] crazy, gay marriage, abortion, deficit spending.All of that stuff adds up to be a problem for Democrats.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

The New York Federal Reserve is a tool of the big banks.

It was clear that [the number] just kept growing, and there were no [Hillary] Clinton signs. People were fed up.

The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.

I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.