You know, now that I come to think of it, the blizzard may be the best thing to happen to the American economy in 12 months.

No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very clear signal that why go through the legal process if you can accomplish the same thing through the illegal process? And No. 2, it demoralizes the people enforcing the law. So I am not and I will never support - never have and never will support - any effort to grant blanket legalization amnesty to folks who have entered or stayed in this country illegally.

From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.

Let me start by saying that I do not enjoy nor relish the partisan role of attack dog. I never found any fun in that. I don't think it's constructive. I don't intend to become that here in the Senate.

Poverty does not create our social problems...our social problems create our poverty.

Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.

We have to show what life is really like in ISIS territory, and we have to show them why ISIS is not invincible, by going out and conducting these attacks and publicizing them to those who they recruit.