The United States was built on the idea that we could create a free country that would serve as a haven for those fleeing persecution.

Israel serves as America's most reliable strategic partner in the Middle East and supports U.S. regional and global policy objectives.

We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.

When I started my campaign for Congress, I was one who people said, 'Tulsi, you have a bright future, but there's no way you can win.'

To say that I'm enjoying a millionaire's lifestyle-well, I can tell you, I guess a millionaire's income doesn't go very far these days.

As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.

The fate of your paycheck, the fate of your small business should not rest on what side of the bed a Washington bureaucrat wakes up on.

There`s a long conversation we`re going to have about how to enforce immigration laws. But physically securing the border is essential.

I want to go get trade agreements because if America walls itself up, if we address sort of an economic fortress America, we will lose.

I'm going to speak my mind. I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party.

People only believe what they discover for themselves. We need to have civil discussions, and look at what the facts and the truth are.

I'm a guy that's worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there's climate change. The cause? I'm not smart enough for that.

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

I believe that in order to sustain a governing majority, the Democratic Party has got to learn that it can govern without raising taxes.

I'm always looking for people on the other side of the aisle for any initiative I'm sponsoring - men and women - to move things forward.

Let`s lower our tax rates on our businesses so that we`re on par with the rest of the world so that we don`t keep losing our businesses.

Offering thoughts and prayers are a valuable way to let loved ones know you care, but no one should offer them at the expense of action.

With all the problems we are having, I won't be afraid to tell leadership, 'You need to explain to me why I should follow you anywhere.'

The IAEA should be worried, as I am worried about it, because North Korea is now a nuclear power state with a ballistic missile program.

The easiest thing that is done, unfortunately, in Washington is to spend money today and send the bill to our children and grandchildren.

A conservative vision to tech issues assumes the imperfection of mankind and a preference for markets - not politics - to drive outcomes.

I think people have found it very interesting that those that enforce ObamaCare, those that wrote Obamacare, are not a part of ObamaCare.

I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero out the death tax.

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

A Romney-Ryan administration will protect and strengthen Medicare, for my Mom's generation, for my generation, and for my kids and yours.

Women, on average, earn less than men in almost every occupation, including traditional female orientated jobs like nursing and teaching.

Look at what happened in the 1990s: when they balanced the federal budget, it was through growth in the economy and controlling spending.

Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have anything to do with the healthcare decisions made between a patient and their doctor.

I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.

What I believe is that a lot of the NSA's telephone metadata program is the result of misinformation spread by a traitor, Edward Snowden.

I'm working alongside the White House and other members in the House to lessen the tax burden that currently weighs on so many Oklahomans.

The right of liberty is God-given and immortal. It cannot be regulated. Or controlled. It cannot be banned. And it must not be restricted.

I'm a person that can get along with people. I like people who believe passionately in things even if they're not the things I agree with.

If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist.

Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria.

Our businesses can't create jobs when they're losing revenue, and the unemployed can't apply for jobs when they can't pay their phone bill.

While I never served in uniform, I fully understand the great service and sacrifice that our brave men and women have given to our country.

It's important for Oklahoma to have people in a position to make a difference. The only way we can do that is to have people in key places.

I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.

The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.

A lot of folks feel like my brother and me or other politicians chart out their careers from Day 1 until the end. I've never been like that.

Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote.

My goodness, the Democrats have just become the party of punishment, and they are carrying that to the extreme when it comes to health care.

Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.

Our argument is everybody ought to be paying lower rates, and we ought to be focused on growing the economy and rebuilding the middle class.

A lot of my opposition to President Obama's policies had behind them 5, 6, 7 years of bad policies that made America less safe in my regard.

A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.

I believe we must protect Medicares guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.

By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.

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