The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.

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

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