It is true that I voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, because when I campaigned in Texas I told voters in Texas that I would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain U.S. citizens permanently with no due process. I have repeatedly supported an effort to take that out of that bill, and I honored that campaign commitment.

I do believe, in the long term, we will either get back to the principles that built America or we lose this country. And I'm an optimist.

Any time some politician tells you it's not about the money, it's about the money.

There's not a single Democrat here. It's almost like CPAC invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak. Well, we could have had Hillary here, but we couldn't find a foreign nation to foot the bill.

We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution.

We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.

We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage and life.