Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

The choreographed standing and clapping of one side of the room - while the other side sits - is unbecoming of a serious institution and the message that it sends is that even on a night when the president is addressing the entire nation, we in Congress cannot sit as one, but must be divided as two.

Our livelihood is intimately tied to the food we eat, water we drink and places where we recreate. That's why we have to promote responsibility and conservation when it comes to our natural resources.