[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

Try to un-gerrymander these districts so that you're not packing all the Democrats into one district, so you've got districts that are competitive, so that you've got a shot at electing Democrats. But that's more a long-term proposition, if it can even be done.

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

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

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.

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.