I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this - it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.

I've often wished we had more women in the Senate.

It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.

I think it's not just Republicans who would like to see the Senate run differently. I think there are a reasonable number of Democrats as well.

The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.

I don't think there's any equivalency between the way that the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does.

Given the scope of these programs, it's understandable that many would be concerned about issues related to privacy. But what's difficult to understand is the motivation of somebody who intentionally would seek to warn the nation's enemies of lawful programs created to protect the American people. And I hope that he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.