I`m the tortoise in the race, but I`m a joyful tortoise.

I'm an introvert. Introverts have a huge advantage over extroverts. We can create a mission and we can act on it.

We have huge national security issues in this country, and the United States Senate ought to be pushing President [Barack] Obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster based on his policies.

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

Sixty-five countries doing nothing is not a coalition. We need a strategy. That's the first and foremost thing that we need.

The focus ought to be on the single fact that Hillary Clinton wants to double down on a failed foreign policy and we need to be united to defeat that because we're going to be in a place that is far less secure than it is today.

Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.