I resent Washington telling states, or the residents of those states, what to do and what to think.

I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

I think there is a lot of fat in the government.

It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative.

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.