In politics, people throw around the word 'friend' so much it often has little real meaning. This is not one of those times, when I call Jeb Bush my friend, I mean he is someone I like, care for and respect. He and I have worked closely together for many years, on issues big and small. He is a passionate advocate for what he believes, and I welcome him to the race.

Government should allow people to go out and do the things Americans have always done, create jobs and prosperity. And America's role in the world - the world is a safer and better place when America is the strongest country in the world.

I could be anything I wanted because I was an American. And I hope that that's really what's propelled me into public service.

Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it's a positive step forward.

If someone can produce the law that keeps guns out of the hands of criminals but protects the right of law-abiding citizens to possess them, and doesn't infringe on those rights, I would consider that. But all the proposals I've seen do not achieve that goal. And we are missing a golden opportunity to have an important debate about violence in the USA. Violence in our society is the problem.

The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.

If Donald Trump builds the wall the way he builds Trump Towers, he'll be using illegal immigrant labor to do it.