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When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally
When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally.
The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.
If we can make Washington more like Texas, the whole country will be a winner.
My goal has always been to figure out how we can advance the conservative cause.
Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents
Senators will do what they think they need to do to represent their constituents.
In my experience, endorsements by public officials, they don't count for anything.
Those who feel a little insecure about our border have some reason to feel that way.
I do not believe the border is secure and I still believe we have a long, long way to go.
A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws.
People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.
Nothing makes the minority leader more mad than when his side is forced to play by its own rules.
Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.
I'm speaking of the ability of people of faith to freely express their beliefs in the public square.
I don't know whether John Roberts has a twin, perhaps a sister or, uh, someone with a Hispanic last name
I don't know whether John Roberts has a twin, perhaps a sister or, uh, someone with a Hispanic last name.
You can always find a reason to say no. It's the easiest vote. It's also not exactly a red badge of courage.
I think we ought to talk about what the American people want, and that is jobs and get the economy on track.
Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
America deserves a nominee who reveres the law, not one whose service on the bench is conditioned on political promises.
Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife
One of the dangers of being here [the Senate] a while is you may have been on record directly and diametrically opposed to what one is saying today.
The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of millions of Americans.
I want judges on the Supreme Court who will not use that position to impose their personal policy preferences or political agenda on the American people.
And if you like 14.4 percent unemployment, if you like the fact that 70 percent of home mortgages in Nevada are underwater, then stay the course. Vote for Harry Reid
I think that what people want is for government to function... not through temper tantrums and saying we are not going to participate, we are not going to play ball.
And if you like 14.4 percent unemployment, if you like the fact that 70 percent of home mortgages in Nevada are underwater, then stay the course. Vote for Harry Reid.
Today 25 million Texans can celebrate our liberty, and honor the founding generation of Texans who secured it for us. Happy Texas Independence Day, and God Bless Texas.
I don't support an amnesty.(Cornyn) demands an ongoing focus on security and workplace enforcement before considering steps to grant legal status, let alone citizenship.
I want judges on the Supreme Court who will respect the words and the meaning of the Constitution, the laws enacted by Congress and the laws enacted by state legislatures.
The Voting Rights Act was a seminal victory for our country and a great healing moment. But there are some who want to continue to drive divisions and create phony narratives.
Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.
This country has gotten seriously off track under the Supreme Court when it went so far as to limit the right of even private citizens to freely express their religious views in public.
I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control.
If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.
Most people in America don't believe that "God" is a dirty word, but the sad fact is that some Americans are left to wonder whether the Supreme Court might have greater regard for it if it was.
Sometimes, it might be called conservative; sometimes it might be called liberal. But the point is that the meaning of the Constitution and other laws should not change unless we the people change them.
A vast majority of Republicans are on the record saying that they believe the Violence Against Women Act should be reauthorized. Let me be clear: I believe that Violence Against Women Act must be reauthorized.
We need a straitjacket around Congress when it comes to spending so that they are forced to do what 49 states are required to do and what every family business and every family is required to do, and that's live within their means.
Richard and I, along with millions of Americans - including even Joe Donnelly - believe that life is a gift from God. To try and construe his words as anything other than a restatement of that belief is irresponsible and ridiculous.
By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.
[The founding fathers] believed that freedom of expression included religious views and beliefs, so long as the government did not force people to worship in a particular matter and remain neutral on what those views and beliefs were.
I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use 'a little Texas sunshine.'
Unfortunately, the (budget) does not . . . help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of around 8 percent each year through 2015 and will continue to eat up more of the total federal budget.
I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to choose between Republicans in a contested primary because obviously you're going to be offending some people.
Our military service members put their lives on the line to protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans - yet many still face substantial roadblocks as they attempt to cast their ballots...This legislation begins to right this national disgrace.
Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.
The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.
Nobody else in the world can do what we can do. And nobody else is willing to do it for altruistic reasons. I mean, we don't go into places like Iraq to grab their oil or colonize their country. We go there to deliver, as George W. Bush said, the blessings of liberty.