Marshall Sanford

I came down to this well yesterday to talk about how for 20 years I have run back and forth to the Lincoln Memorial and how the day before yesterday I was shocked to run down there and see the place in chains. I had planned on making a run…

I have been a runner all my life. I ran in high school and college, and it has always been my way of sort of clearing my head. Sometimes I clearly haven't run enough. Over the years, during my roughly 20 years in and out of Washington, I…

We are at a shutdown, which is to say that we are in a challenging time. My prayer, I think, is joined by so many other Republican colleagues for families that have been affected. It is something that we very much wanted to avoid in any…

I thank both of you for what you're doing tonight. Mr. Speaker, as we well know, there are many heroes from across this country. Most recently we've seen them here in the Capitol with the tragedy of the Naval Yard. But I think that you all…

I have the pleasure of rising today to congratulate Lowcountry native and St. Helena Island's own Candice Glover on winning the title of ``American Idol.'' She is the daughter of John and Carole Glover. Candice is a graduate of Beaufort…

I rise with a chorus of others in this whole notion of repealing ObamaCare primarily because of its financial impact. At the end of the day, if you look at the Government Accountability Office numbers, what they show is that there's $6.2…

Ladies and gentlemen of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, I look forward to working with each one of you. Republican and Democrat, different perspectives we may hold, but at the end of the day we are here to…

I think there are too many people in politics who think they know it all. And I think that they project this whole image of perfection, that, you know, the perfect family, the perfect person, the perfect this. The reality is none of us are…

the worst piece of legislation I have seen during the 15 years I've been engaged in the political process.

I authored REAL ID based on the necessity to help ensure the security of driver's licenses and other state-issued identification cards.

I -- I have been unfaithful to my wife.

And so here's where I am. I'm going to waive confidentiality on the ethics probe against me, because my belief is we have an outstanding record with regard to standing up to the taxpayer and trying to do the right thing consistently.

I've been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with a -- what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina. I hurt you all. I hurt my wife. I hurt my boys. And all I can say is that I apologize.

I'm going to waive confidentiality on the ethics probe against me, because my belief is we have an outstanding record with regard to standing up to the taxpayer and trying to do the right thing consistently.

Have I done stupid? I have. You know, you meet someone. You dance with them. You go to a place where you probably shouldn't have gone.

If you come into connection with a soul that touches yours in a way that no one's ever has, even if it's a place you can't go, this notion of knowing that you know, for me, became very important.

Honestly, I think he could go down in the ugliest, messiest way.

More emotional confession today from South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who tells the Associated Press, he, quote, 'crossed the line' with a handful of women other than his Argentine mistress over the years but says he never had sex…

The issue of lying is probably the biggest harm, if you will, to the system of democratic government, representative government because it undermines trust. And if you undermine trust in our system, you undermine everything.

I let them down by creating fiction with regard to where I was going which means that I had then in turn given as much as they relied on that information let down people that I represent across this state.

I let down people that I represent across this state.

But, again, for all of us, the question is, it is great to have Republican rallies, but the real challenge and opportunity is, we have got to grow the party beyond just the base if we are going to be successful.

He is not the only one to blame. I want -- I don't want to suggest that. In as much as the presidency, if you're the party in power, is the sort of titular head of the Republican Party, certainly, some of the buck stops there.

It takes time to damage a brand. It takes even longer to rebuild it.

It's been something that would have made, among other folks, my dad proud.