After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.

Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.

I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.

President Trump and his administration are right to be concerned about national security, but it's unacceptable when even legal permanent residents are being detained or turned away at airports and ports of entry.

The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.