Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.

I have no intention of being vice president. I have said it clearly.

The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.

I do think that there has to be a legal solution, a legal solution on the part of the nation's legislative branch, an immigration proposal.

The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.

Voters decided otherwise [on me as a president candidate] and I will focus on my work here in the Senate because I have nine months left. And after that, later, as a private citizen, I will continue looking for a way to contribute to the cause of political conservatism to help our state and our country and the issues that interest me. But I really don't want to be nor do I think that I will be invited to be any candidate's vice president.

Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.