Thom Tillis

“I worked on minimum wage; I didn't go to college out of school. I worked multiple jobs, and it's probably not something Sen. Hagan's not had to worry about because we grew up in very different life circumstances.”

“I resolve to work with my colleagues to succeed in producing the good rather than failing to produce the perfect.”

“'Til such time that the U.S. produces a continuous supply of home-grown talent, I want U.S. visa programs that support people from abroad come into the country.”

“As the former state speaker of the North Caroline House of Representatives, I helped push two landmark bills that protected and expanded gun rights for citizens.”

“The NRA is a true grass-roots organization, and the collective power of its membership is simply unparalleled.”

“Instead of focusing on this sort of defeatist mentality where we've gotta up the minimum wage, why don't we focus on creating better-paying jobs?”

“Fort Bragg is an enormously important presence as the home to the 82nd Airborne and the Global Response Force of the XVIII Airborne Corps.”

“I believe there are several conservative democrats who are prepared to join Republicans in opposition to measures that propose new entitlements and reparations.”

“We have to show respect for that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and we should help.”

“People who truly represent an extreme on either side have a very difficult time getting bipartisan support for what they're doing.”

“Since I became a senator in 2015, my office has been inundated by countless letters, emails, and calls from North Carolinians telling us how Obamacare has been a nightmare for them and their families.”

“We need to get back and make the agencies who are putting more burdens on businesses and employers and hardworking taxpayers and question whether or not there's a true benefit, and if there isn't, we must take steps to repeal them.”

“As a freedom-lover and avid outdoorsman, I understand the importance of protecting the Second Amendment, which has been under attack by liberal special interest groups funded by elitist billionaires.”

“I've always had the kinds of careers that have a tendency to go home with you.”

“When I was speaker in North Carolina, the state was gripped with a deficit, and we made a fundamental policy decision to adopt austerity budgets for four years.”

“If Israel did not exist, the United Nations would go out of business.”

“I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.”

“What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance.”

“You're always going to have your detractors.”

“Any time you do tax reform, you really need to have a transition period.”