Washington politicians in both parties have proven they can't control spending. And they won't control our borders. I will.

We're going to hold everyone accountable. We're going to find the people that are responsible for this. We're going to stop this crime and this violence in our city. And we're going to stand up and do something about it.

These are people that had incredible lives ahead of them, were on their way or going, or in college.

This is obviously a very difficult time for our city. Three of our young people who were the pride of Newark were grievously, heinously murdered.

I want the Democrats to win and I want a united Democratic Party that will stand against the Republicans and I will say that, for 15 years, I have stood up against the right wing machine and I've come out stronger, so if you want a winner…

We've got to have a source of new jobs.

Put a whole bunch of Illinois folks to work.

I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now criticizing me for making sure that we are on the right battlefield and not the wrong battlefield in the war…

To put a whole bunch of Illinois folks to work.

We read here in the 'Columbus Dispatch' of Ohio, you own the two largest mines which recorded injury rates about a fourth higher than the national average. So, you know, let's not have a double standard about how much you care about people.

I don't think based on my 35 years of fighting for what I believe in anybody seriously believes I'm going to be influenced by a lobbyist or a particular interest group.

I'm not running as a Mormon, and I don't think -- and I get a little tired of coming on a show like yours and having it all about Mormon.

We know there's a problem. Many campaigned on fixing the culture of corruption here, but this bill is effectively window dressing. It puts the Senators in charge of determining whether or not we're doing the right thing. It's the fox…

The Centennial Challenge Fund will help the National Park Service achieve that mandate of all 391 units.

I think you begin to lose people on the Hill, you begin to define things in a way that potentially it could have some effects outside of the world we're talking about here.

It's an honor and pleasure to sit on this subcommittee with you.

I very much look forward to working with him as we work together to protect the Nation's treasures under our park system.

As I said in my opening statement, I'm very supportive of this initiative of public/private----