The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.

If a society takes it upon itself to prescribe and proscribe certain streams of belief - to prohibit certain less-favored strains of conscience - it may be the non-believer who is among the first to be condemned. A coercive monopoly of belief threatens everyone, whether we are talking about those who search the philosophies of men or follow the words of God.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record?

Let me put it very plainly, if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished.

Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.