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“I understand the significance of being one of 18 senators in Oklahoma history.”
“This is why it's bad to run a country by executive order: because our nation runs on laws - when everyone knows the law, and everyone knows what it is, you know both the law and the consequence, and you get that.”
“I'm very, very pro-defense.”
“I don't see people who are eager for shutdowns. While some people have a romantic ideal about shutdowns, the vast majority of Republicans and Democrats believe you have to try to work problems out rather than having a shutdown.”
“The only way to make government more efficient is to make it smaller and to make it more local.”
“The vast majority of Americans believe you don't discriminate. You don't. We honor each other. We don't all see life the same way. We don't. We're Americans.”
“If we care about life and the dignity of all life, then we care about the dignity of all life, and that includes the human life of children.”
“I see myself as more of a student, that I love to get down into the weeds of different problems and try to go through that. I don't mind messaging, but I'm going to default back to the research side of things.”
“We still have a major problem in debt with America that we have to find efficiencies in government to get us back to a balanced budget.”
“Marriage is a unique cultural relationship that has a long-standing tradition and societal meaning, which should not be redefined by the courts.”
“Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.”
“Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff.”
“Americans honor and respect each other's faith, and we honor those that choose to have no faith.”
“Centralized national decision-making on education reduces the role of the parent and the local districts.”
“The Congressional Prayer Caucus has worked successfully to advocate for and protect values that are fundamental to the fabric of our nation, and I'm honored to serve as co-chairman.”
“Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities. In every other country, they are a guest.”
“I don't want to go home and tell my wife and my girls, 'I was gone last week because I had to do a press release.'”
“Quite frankly, Oklahomans are pretty smart. They know how to choose candidates.”
“Let's set aside our political and ideological differences and take a moment to love our families, hug our children, parents and grandparents and through love and respect, strengthen the bonds that made us the greatest nation on Earth.”
“It's ironic, isn't it, that one day you're one of the most conservative members, and then some individual gets mad at you, and they decide to throw millions of dollars against you because you didn't vote exactly the way they want every day.”