Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

I don't think we're doing an adequate vetting process of those who are coming to our country.

When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury - national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture - we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.

The Republican Party's history is rich and chock full of emancipation and black history.

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

On the Gang of Eight bill, there was no provisions really for extra scrutiny or safety for refugees. At the time the bill came up, two Iraqi refugees came to my home town, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Their fingerprints were on a bomb from Iraq. They were in the database, but we didn't pick them up.

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