The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.

And if you like socialized medicine, you will love this government bureaucracy under [then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee] Al Gore that will actually cost seniors who get $500 a year in prescription drugs right now - it will end up costing seniors more money and take away control from those seniors.

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.

We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory.

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.