Cory Gardner

“I think people need to be treated with respect, and that's what we've demanded from everyone.”

“The idea we would create some kind of religious test for entry into the country is absolutely wrong.”

“I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.”

“As a result of the strategic patience policy, we now have North Korea testing four times an atomic weapon; they've violated numerous United Nations sanctions, U.S. sanctions by launching ballistic missile tests.”

“I oppose the personhood amendment. Years ago I'd said that I'd supported it - it was the wrong idea. Looking at it, talking to people of Colorado, I don't support it.”

“I am glad that our country is starting to have a serious conversation about how to repair our broken immigration system - it is long overdue.”

“To say that we should engage in some hypothetical about, 'Will I vote for Trump,' that's defeatist. I'm not going to be a defeatist.”

“The overwhelming majority of Coloradans don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States or Colorado.”

“I have signed the personhood petition. I have taken the petitions to my church and circulating into my church. And I have a legislative record that backs up my support for life.”

“Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.”

“We got to protect Medicaid.”

“There are far too many politicians out there who take the wrong position and stick with it and never admit that they should do something different.”

“I guess the news is this: If you're a Republican and you smile, liberals don't like it. Maybe that's because Democrats are afraid that I've been able to show an optimistic vision for this country.”

“What's the difference between me and Mark Udall on contraception? I believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. Cheaper and easier for you.”

“The bottom line is a record of ideas. The bottom line is a plan for how to get this country back on track. It's not about attendance - it's about goals and opportunity to move this nation forward.”

“The Keystone Pipeline would create good-paying jobs. Not only where the pipeline is being built, good-paying construction jobs, but manufacturing and service opportunities in Colorado along with the Keystone Pipeline.”

“I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.”

“There's an old saying in politics: You never run the same race twice. Democrats are running the same race three, four, five times. It's an old ploy, and Coloradans see through it.”

“Ted Cruz caught the momentum in Wisconsin that I think that Donald Trump thought was his and his alone.”

“There is no such thing as a federal personhood bill.”