Quotes About Policy

Let's push the Pentagon off the fiscal cliff.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

I'm not a left-wing nut pushing for single-payer!

Putin is trying to create the best possible atmosphere for Russia.

Angela Merkel puts Germany first.

I'm not the candidate who puts his kids in private schools.

I believe and still believe that the Chinese government puts great weight on the experience of the Bank in terms of development.

We are not a single-issue party that puts abstract policy ahead of the working lives of people. We are not bitter, frightened xenophobes.

I'm not a person who puts things out in writing and policy prescriptions and is not intending to follow through.

Publix operates in every county in Florida, and you get a county or municipality saying we don't want you putting your groceries in plastic bags, well, that's a problem.

Some in favour of Brexit are so fixated on leaving the E.U., they keep arguing that any attempt to change it is some form of sabotage.

There's a million things wrong with government that need to get fixed, but none of its ever going to get fixed unless we start educating our children better.

Someone in Washington needs to get serious about fixing the tax code. That is what needs to happen.

Medicaid is a deeply flawed program.

Can you really send back people to where they are fleeing from?

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

Once you secure that border, then we can start doing an analysis of what we are going to do with all of the folks that got here illegally.

I want to go to Washington to make sure we really have an opportunity to expand health care for folks so that is accessible to them.

Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.

A lot of folks look at the political calculation and then determine the policy. I think that's backward.

Contrary to what some folks might say, I do not want to raise taxes.

For those who are here illegally and not following the rules, we need to send them home.

If the Democratic Party follows the path of open borders, then the Democratic Party is going to engage in self-immolation.

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.