In fact the guy who wrote the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, very conservative right-wing Republican from Wisconsin, Congress Sensenbrenner says that this is excessive and un-American.

We cannot simply have a one-part test, does this work? It must also be, is this consonant with our values as a free society?

No is the short answer. No. I do want my government to protect us from terrorism. I do. But there has got to be a less intrusive alternative than getting the data of every single cell phone call, both domestically and internationally.

I have no doubt that Barack Obama would be appalled by this in the past. And I would like to know why he's doing it in the present.

I think there was very little framework under Bush. In fact, the guy who wrote the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, very conservative right-wing Republican from Wisconsin, Congressman Sensenbrenner says that this is excessive and…

I think this fight over gun safety is a direct frontal assault on a fixed position by the NRA.

That line especially was a shot at -- directly at Paul Ryan, who loves to talk about makers and takers.

He famously hosted Steven Spielberg and Daniel day-Lewis and the stars behind the movie 'Lincoln.' And that is the lesson of Lincoln, right? If you read in Lincoln's first inaugural, he talked about the appealing to federal angels of our…

If they cannot be entrusted with the full faith and credit of the United States, they should not have that leverage.

The Republicans can't take yes for an answer because they are not really fighting for lower taxes, they're fighting for the upper two percent of income earners and that's a losing proposition.

The proposal. It's not the deal, it's the proposal. The Republicans have not come with a counter proposal.