Quotes About Policy

The single-payer Medicare for All proposal is not only bad policy, but it's bad politics. It's bad politics for a very simple reason: More than half the country has private insurance and most of them like it.

If the Obama administration wanted to implement the DACA program, it should have made the case to Congress and try to pass its proposal into law.

The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy.

Policy proposals to ensure the integrity of ballots are routinely presented by Democrats as not just racist but as having no function other than racism.

I don't order laws, I propose them.

I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project.

Since 2000, I have proposed changing the Constitution so that our popular vote decides the presidency.

In a mature democracy any proposed policy should be subjected to a close analysis of its likely benefits and costs.

Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.'

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.

Immigrants greatly contribute to our country's economic prosperity.

You cannot borrow and spend your way into prosperity. It does not work.

The real cure to immigration, obviously, is to make sure that there is prosperity around the world so that people don't have the motive. Not just prosperity, but freedom.

Free enterprise makes people prosperous, all people prosperous, and big government makes people poorer.

If I were to offer advice to any president of the United States, it would be this: do whatever you can do to keep America the most prosperous and free and powerful nation on earth.

I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.

The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.

Until the Chinese decide to compete fairly it will be up to us to do what we can to further protect our manufacturing base, and ensure we keep the good paying jobs we already have.

When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people.

The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free. The reason why we have a national defense is to protect our freedoms.

As long as I am president, the rights of women will be protected.

West Virginians should be protected against preexisting conditions.

Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.