Quotes from Cory Gardner

One of the things that's always amazed me about people who attack me, saying I'm opposed to renewable energy, is I'm pretty sure I'm the only Republican who had an energy bill vetoed by a Republican governor.

I am glad that our country is starting to have a serious conversation about how to repair our broken immigration system - it is long overdue.

The president named Obama is probably not going to repeal the bill that's named after him.

Funding for women's healthcare must actually go to fund women's healthcare, not to line the coffers of an organization under increased scrutiny for reprehensible, inhumane behavior.

I think Republicans are going to do better than Hillary Clinton any time of the day.

Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.

The bottom line is a record of ideas. The bottom line is a plan for how to get this country back on track. It's not about attendance - it's about goals and opportunity to move this nation forward.

I have signed the personhood petition. I have taken the petitions to my church and circulating into my church. And I have a legislative record that backs up my support for life.

I think people need to be treated with respect, and that's what we've demanded from everyone.

There is no doubt that pollution contributes to the climate changing around us, but what I refuse to do is support a climate tax bill like Waxman/Markey put in place that would have cost farmers and ranchers in the state, that would cost small business the opportunity to grow, that would increase that bills that families pay, $1,700 a year.

I guess the news is this: If you're a Republican and you smile, liberals don't like it. Maybe that's because Democrats are afraid that I've been able to show an optimistic vision for this country.

I don't think Donald Trump is going to be our nominee.

I look forward to continuing to hear what Donald Trump has to say about his vision for this country.

To say that we should engage in some hypothetical about, 'Will I vote for Trump,' that's defeatist. I'm not going to be a defeatist.

I think Donald Trump has a significant number of issues where he is not a Republican.

Mark Udall wants to run a social issues campaign. He definitely wants to run as the social issues candidate.

There's an old saying in politics: You never run the same race twice. Democrats are running the same race three, four, five times. It's an old ploy, and Coloradans see through it.

I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.

A lot of nasty things were said about me in my own party about my unwillingness to demand the government shutdown.

We have antiquated policies that were put in place in the 1970s that prohibit us from exporting our crude oil, yet we have allies around the globe asking the United States to provide them with a stable supply of energy.

We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.

From what we understand about participation by women and minorities, we need to do a better job of exposing people early in their careers to STEM fields.

There's no time, place, or purpose of a government shutdown or default.

Any nominee is going to have to earn my support.