Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

These are people who wanted to provide for their family and wanted a better life. We've got to have a secure border. But we've also, we've got to act compassionately and recognize labor markets as well. ... I've never thought that it's [path to citizenship] a bad thing. If somebody is going to be here for 20, 30 years, to give them some skin in the game, if you will, to hold out the prospect of citizenship.

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.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.