People intuitively know that trade is good for our country. We just have to get the right trade agreements.

The stuff that I propose are things that I'm ready to govern with. They're not tools to get elected. They are programs and plans to do when you get elected.

Leaders have to lead.

The Republican Party cannot be anti-trade, anti-immigrant, not out there practicing the politics of people, you know, the issues surrounding drug addiction and mental illness and the cost of prescription drugs and healthcare and student debt and all of these things are very personal to people now.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.