I think we're never fully protected, but I think we need to do everything we can to stop threats to us.

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

The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.

My belief has always been that national defense is the most important thing we do, but we shouldn't borrow to pay for it.

I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone. But I've also gone to Chicago. I've gone to Detroit. I've been to Ferguson, I've been to Baltimore, because I want our party to be bigger, better and bolder...

The Bill of Rights existed long before President Obama was elected, and as long as I’m a U.S. Senator, I will fight to protect the basic rights and liberties that belong to all of us as American citizens.

The key to winning any general election in the USA is to excite your base and then expand your base - get independent voters and voters who haven't been voting for your party to come to your party.