I'll do anything to try to prevent John Bolton from getting any position, because I think his world view is naive. He believes we're going to spread democracy. We're going to topple governments everywhere and they're going to elect Thomas Jefferson. That's not the way it works in the Middle East.

I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose the most recent statements made by Mitt Romney in which he says he, as president, could take us to war unilaterally with Iran, without any approval from Congress.

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer

Every gun regulation that President [Barack] Obama has advocated for, California has already. And it didn't stop terrorism.

I will advocate for Kentucky's interests.

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.