Jim DeMint: “the United States needs to deal very firmly, with strength and a lot of verification with other countries in the world.”

I've had a chance to work with a lot of retail businesses. I've been in the marketing business most of my life.

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.

The problem clearly came from loose credit policies that resulted in subprime mortgages and toxic securities.

I think we need to start here at home in making sure that we don't get ourselves into treaties that are going to subject us to this kind of--not just from one country, but any country in the world who wants to complain about our emissions…