To Brian Ellis, you owe my family and this community and apology for a disgusting and despicable smear campaign.

But I'm hopeful some of that will start to change. The public is more libertarian, the public is saying we want people who are going to be independent and not bow to leadership in either of the major parties.

There seems to be a lot of momentum behind immigration reform.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.

If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other people.

To Brian Ellis, you owe my family and this community and apology for a disgusting and despicable smear campaign.