For the millions of Americans, like my family, who believe that there is a creator God who can be known personally, Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' offer of love and forgiveness for all people.

If you are going to replace somebody off of one of the bills - which I have no problem with a lady being on one of the bills - that you would replace the 20.

If we are going to remove someone, which I have no problem with doing, then let's do the 20, not the 10, the very first secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.

I am a fan of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, and I certainly support wind as a large part of that goal.

The wind industry has made major strides over the past two decades, and they have proven their industry to be efficient and self-sustainable. There is no need for the taxpayer to continue to subsidize a wind start-up tax credit.

We have two programs dealing with bulletproof vests, two different systems of actually distributing bulletproof vests from the federal government. Two sets of applications, two different sets of personnel to approve those applications.

The future of our nation is dependent on the future of our families.

Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.

America is strongest when families take care of each other and walk with one another through need and loss.

We must go through every area of the federal budget to isolate waste and abandoned projects.

At times, conservatives become defined by their volume rather than by their ideas.

The different Washington, D.C.-based groups and the different special interest groups, they all want to be able to pick who they want to be a senator. They don't speak for everyone, and they definitely don't speak for Oklahomans.

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.

I just don't believe that being conservative means all you do is throw stones and poke people in the eye.

I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.

I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma.

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.

I understand the significance of being one of 18 senators in Oklahoma history.

What they have done, ISIS is very well outspoken about how much they hate our freedom, who we are as Americans.

Al Qaeda likes to coordinate, have a central command to be able to send out emissaries around that they have highly trained and say, 'This is the moment we're going to do a large-scale attack.'

ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.

We're facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it.

The only way to make government more efficient is to make it smaller and to make it more local.

The Health Care Compact is a way for states to protect their residents from the top-down, one-size-fits-all health care 'solutions' that have been imposed from Washington D.C., including Obamacare.

I still strongly support a full repeal of Obamacare.

The Health Care Compact simply gives a state like Oklahoma the option to create a customized system that better meets the needs of Oklahoma families.

You talk about leading Republicans. That's no easy task on just like you were trying to lead Democrats on the other side. We all have independent thoughts and independent ideas.

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.

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.

When a president makes up law as he goes, no one knows what the law is anymore.

The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.

President Obama and I disagree on policy with Israel. He seems to say... 'We want peace, but we want to act like Switzerland. We're going to be a neutral party to everyone.' I think that's negotiating from weakness.

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.

What I love to do is the policy. The politics, I'm brand-new at.

No matter where I travel in the state, people want to talk about education.

Certainly, every student and school ought to have standards and evaluation, but who sets those standards, and who writes the test? Whoever controls the test controls the school.

Centralized national decision-making on education reduces the role of the parent and the local districts.

Every schoolteacher will tell you that there is no substitute for engaged parents in the education of a child.

I firmly believe the Senate should see more voting and debate and less standing around and waiting for backroom deals.

Most businesses believe regulators intend to fine them rather than help them protect their workers. Serious violations should bring real consequences, but minor violations should only incur warnings that encourage compliance.

Quite frankly, Oklahomans are pretty smart. They know how to choose candidates.

There is only one person in the State Department that can sign off on State Department personnel being in a facility that doesn't meet security standards, and it's the secretary of state.

We have a lot of great hospitals in America, across the country.

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.

As a Christian, Israel has a very special place in my heart. There's no question about that. I grew up with a Bible, and the back of the Bible has all these pictures of Israel in it. And so all these locations are incredibly significant to me personally in my faith.