I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled in Washington, DC, and appreciated in Texas, or reviled in Texas and appreciated in Washington, I would take the former 100 out of 100 times.

I will do whatever I can to defeat Hillary Clinton.

Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want freedom. Washington wants amnesty, the people want rule of law. Washington wants power over the internet, the people want freedom online.

If you're going to decide to run a data-driven campaign, decision-making has to follow it.

The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do.

The only way to win the war is to move people's hearts and minds.

Politically correct enforcement that`s out there in our society has tightened things down to the point where people just walk on eggshells and they are afraid to address things that are really on their mind.