We are being Americans when we hold our government to account. We are being false to our troops when we send them to a needless war, betraying their trust when we shortchange them on protective equipment, and cheating them when we silently cut their benefits.

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

I heard Katty Kay's name and I know Katty Kay said we didn't have a plan. Well, there is a plan, and the President [Barack Obama] is moving forward with any number of options and ways to augment our efforts on ISIL.

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.

If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.