Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

I'm not naive. Sometimes interpretation is more of an art than a science. There are those who would label interpretation absolutely anything a judge might do or, two, the text of a statute or the Constitution. But it seems to me there comes a point where a judge is using his own creativity and purpose and crosses the line between interpreting a text written by somebody else and in a sense creating something new.

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

You know, we should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugsand not take care of their own children.

We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.

By admitting they have no contingency plan to assist the millions that may lose subsidies, the administration confirms how the misguided law is unworkable for the American people. I’m committed to working with my Republican colleagues on how Congress can respond to help those hurt by Obamacare’s broken promises.

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].