"This is a time in our history when public service is not necessarily as comfortable as it used to be."
"There will not be immigration reform without some sort of employer verification system."
"Our desire is not to create a mechanism to force businesses to do anything."
"This system has to work. I mean, it has to work for everyone involved."
"We want to improve the way in which Americans express their wishes about how they wish to be treated when their illnesses are advanced."
"It is incredibly important to make those decisions early on while the individual suffering from the disease still has the ability to make those decisions."
"I look forward to working with my colleagues to make sure that that funding is protected and increased."
"I know that you said during our meeting that you would spend your first 100 days or so doing a listening tour, understanding that the No. 1 priority in our country is jobs, jobs, and jobs."
"The fact of the matter is that South Carolina has been a State on the fast track to creating racial parity."
"I am looking forward to having the opportunity to see a fair, balanced approach come to our State."
"the price will be impacted by the actual cost. And when we look at the actual costs of the health care bill, it is actually going to have a major impact on every single taxpaying American in the count..."
"I do not see the ACA from a partisan perspective. I see it as a perspective of an average person in our country."