Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.

You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.

I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on...We have to remember the 11 million people who are here are people...[i]t's what Abraham Lincoln would have said, it is what the Republican Party stands for. It is the reason we have to get it right on who stays and who goes.

I've said my patience is not infinite.

I don't recall having a gun. I really don't. I don't think I ever pulled a gun on anyone in my life.