Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

I really think it's extremely important for Americans to better understand China. And by better, I mean don't just read their lines. You've got to dig down to find out what's going on, and come over, see China.

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after a while we're not going to get bullied or pushed around because I think there's some in China who are tempted to try to push the United States around. They want to bully us.