Quotes About Policy

If I was prime minister for a day the first thing I would do would be to close the border. Then we could work out how many people we've got here. Then you get people out who have committed crimes and you look at others who shouldn't be here. Nobody knows how many people we've got here.

Throughout his career, Bloomberg has repeatedly shown blatant disrespect for individual rights and civil liberties. The first thing that comes to mind is probably the way he tried to micromanage New Yorkers' food choices during his time as mayor.

The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy.

Looking at the history of our country, we have been and we are pro-immigrant, but we aren't going to be much of a country if we don't take care of our own people first and if we don't observe the rule of law.

I believe that the history of Fed policymaking is that, you know, there are times when we need to raise rates.

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.

As has been the case throughout the history of terrorism, government anxiety centres on what to do about those against whom there may be intelligence but no usable evidence.

The most important thing that most countries around the world believe in is letting the markets determine the currency.

Finally, let's keep well in mind the most important lesson of the auto rescue: While government should stay away from the private sector as much as possible, markets do occasionally fail, and when they do government can play a constructive role, as it did in the case of the auto rescue.

We're getting a wall. We're definitely getting a wall. That's the one thing we know about a Trump presidency.

The principle of not negotiating with terrorists is the only thing we can hold on to.

I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

I think the problem with President Obama - and I like him personally, I came into the Senate with him - is his agenda.

The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.

The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers.

Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.

Everything is connected, so you can't just live in a Trumpian world and be an isolationist when you're managing government by congressional district or by city. The mentality that you can cut off one area to punish a policy just doesn't work in the real world... it's cutting off your nose to spite your face.

The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

We can't just say the right thing on lowering the cost of prescription drugs: we have to do the right thing, too.

The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.

Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet.

Reflecting on the past, where the film industry became united with 'national interest' and 'national policy,' I tend to think that keeping a clear distance from government authority is the right thing to do.

Protecting children from smoking in cars is the right thing to do.

Cutting and simplifying taxes is the right thing to do for all Americans, and it is certainly right for Alabama.