I will happily support anything that protects life.

President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations and bring us together. And he hasn't done that, he's made decisions that I think have inflamed racial tensions that have divided us rather than bringing us together.

ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception.

How do we get America back to work? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.

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.

We need a president who is focused on defeating every single ISIS terrorist and protecting the homeland, which should be the first priority.

It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan.