Jim DeMint: “We do need to make sure there is a standard of safety for every American.”

To paraphrase Ambassador Ryan Crocker, we need to be in the business of risk management, not risk avoidance.

We've got to determine what we're going to do about it. A missile defense is going to be a key.

We cannot keep our country shut down. It's affecting people emotionally, as well as financially.

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