Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

Being chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is like being a mosquito in a nudist colony.

I have the greatest appreciation for Governor [Sarah] Palin and her family. There's great joy to know them.

The US does not involve itself in what is happening in the world's largest democracy, nor does it intend to do so.

In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the campaign. I campaigned all over America for two months, everywhere I could. And in every single campaign rally I said, 'We have to repeal and replace Obamacare.' Well, the people spoke. They spoke, much to my dismay, but they spoke. And they reelected the President of the United States.

I observed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love [as a POW] and I will always treasure that memory above all others.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.