I do believe that [climate change] is real.

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

We need to deter Putin from further actions because this is a very real threat.

I was the first Republican in the country to support the president's Clean Power Plan.

In Maidan Square right now, you see thousands of Ukrainians protesting the Russian occupation of Crimea. So this is a Russian protest by Ukrainians who want their sovereignty. They want their freedom and they're protesting what Russia did in Crimea.

You can see the actions that the Russians are trying to take in eastern Ukraine. And so it's so important that we take actions to deter further Russian aggression against the Ukrainian people.

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.