Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.

If I were to look at foreign policy, I would say John McCain has been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades.

After ensuring border security, I then would normalize the status of 11 million undocumented citizens so they can join the work force and pay taxes...I would normalize them at a rate of about two million per year.

What my bill would do would be only for refugees going forward. So I haven't taken a position on sending anyone home. But I have taken the position that we have a lot of problems here in our country. And that one of the things that we do - charity is about giving your own money. Charity isn't giving someone else's money.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

Any time we give people the ability to use force, we have to be very careful. It's sort of like the people who spy on us - you've got to watch the watchers.

I love the Mexican people; I respect the Mexican leaders - but the leaders are much sharper, smarter and more cunning than our [American] leaders.