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.

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

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

If Vladimir Putin is conscious and aware of his standing in the world economy, he has to understand this aggression in Crimea is not helping the reputation of Russia as a modern nation where you can do business. He's back to the old Soviet ways and a lot of folks are going to hold back and pull back as a result of it. I think he may have second thoughts.

The best way to marginalize the Muslim Brotherhood [in Egypt] is in the ballot box, not through arrests and killing people.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

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