As a result of the strategic patience policy, we now have North Korea testing four times an atomic weapon; they've violated numerous United Nations sanctions, U.S. sanctions by launching ballistic missile tests.Collection: Patience
Senator Udall focused his entire campaign as a social-issues warrior, and that was rejected by the people of Colorado, who embraced our plan of creating jobs and opportunity, growing energy independence, looking at education opportunities for the future, and making sure we're focused on protecting this great Colorado environment.Collection: Independence
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.Collection: Smile
Perhaps the CDC should quit spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening, and massage therapy and direct that money to where it's appropriate in protecting the health of the American people.Collection: Gardening
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.Collection: Independence
We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.
This isn't a Republican issue. This isn't a Democrat issue. This is something that both parties and people around the country have agreed to. They don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States.
We got to protect Medicaid.
Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.
I think people need to be treated with respect, and that's what we've demanded from everyone.
The overwhelming majority of Coloradans don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States or Colorado.
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.
We hear people talk about putting a price on carbon, but they won't talk about how much that price of carbon is.
I think the climate is changing, but I don't believe humans are causing that change to the extent that's been in the news.
I used to play against a high school football team that always used to run the single wing. And eventually, other teams figured out that they ran the single wing. And so they prepared for it. The Democrats are stuck running the single wing.
I don't get everything right the first time.
Industrial hemp is a safe substance with many practical commercial applications.
Hemp has the potential to be a major boon to Colorado agriculture, giving farmers another viable and profitable option for their fields.
What can we do to put more Colorado in Washington and less Washington in Colorado?
A lot of nasty things were said about me in my own party about my unwillingness to demand the government shutdown.
We have a number of challenges ahead of us.
There is no such thing as a federal personhood bill.
If you look at the Constitution, the two clauses of the Constitution make it very clear the president shall nominate, and the Senate shall provide advice and consent. It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee.
Sen. Udall can only talk about one thing: He's a social issues warrior.
When it comes to the environment in our own backyard, we understand it far better than anybody in Washington D.C.
Let's put Coloradans in charge; let's put Westerners in charge of the West.
Nobody expected Darryl Glenn to win, and he's won every time.
Now, President Obama has to make a decision. He can either propose a nominee who can win over the majority in the Senate or defer his choice to the voters, who in November will elect a new President and a new Senate, which will be responsible for confirming a nominee who will provide balance to the Supreme Court.
Anytime you present a message that is seen as hate, you're going to have a negative impact.
The idea we would create some kind of religious test for entry into the country is absolutely wrong.
I've made sure that I've stood for privacy and the rights of the people time and time again.
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.
We have a responsibility to be responsible stewards of tax dollars.
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.
We're thinking of creating a board of experts across the sectors of industry, to identify successful programs and to make recommendations about programs that are working and aren't working.
I do not support legislation that would ban birth control.
I'm not going to defend Sen. Udall's failed record.
Our country needs a new generation of leadership, and I believe that Marco Rubio presents this nation with the greatest possibilities and opportunities to meet the challenges of the next generation.
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.
We just can't stay in a safe Republican seat and sit back and watch while this country goes down the wrong path.
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.
What's the difference between me and Mark Udall on contraception? I believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. Cheaper and easier for you.
The RNC had been incredibly supportive of my efforts in 2014... I couldn't have won without them.
I look forward to continuing to hear what Donald Trump has to say about his vision for this country.
I will say this - I certainly will not be voting for Hillary Clinton.
I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.
Any nominee is going to have to earn my support.
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.
Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator.
The fact is, our men and women in uniform, the bravest in the world, did everything they could to protect this country from a terror threat and to protect others from the terror threat that was Saddam Hussein. And nobody can deny that we are in a better place because Saddam Hussein is dead.