In the zero-sum budget game, every dollar spent on this problem [illegal immigration] must be taken from somewhere else....No, we should not tolerate people immigrating illegally. But we need to treat this issue honestly and fairly.

If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

If we don't do something to simplify the tax system, we're going to end up with a national police force of internal revenue agents.

Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for.

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

The consequence could be that we would have an escalation that would take place that would not only involve many lives, but I think it could consume the Middle East in a confrontation and a conflict that we would regret.