I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.

My belief is that the nation-state remains the one entity that can function, the one entity that can demand sacrifice from its constituents in the national interest.

Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement entered into by the United States must serve the national interest, not merely the interests of those crafting the proposal in secret.

We can't do everything with a budget, but we can put the country on much sounder financial footing.

You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect.

I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it.