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

In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.

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

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

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.

Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.