"We have a massive heroin opioid epidemic problem in America, part of that is because of drugs coming from the cartels from the south."
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"Let`s lower our tax rates on our businesses so that we`re on par with the rest of the world so that we don`t keep losing our businesses."
"Donald Trump is a pretty casual guy. He calls me Paul."
"Donald Trump heard a voice out in America that no one else heard."
"I want to say to the American people, we hear you. We will do right by you."
"Hope and change? We're not doing that anymore. They're doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track."
"The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism."
"The condition of your birth doesn't determine the outcome of your life. This is America."
"Our rights come from nature and God, not government."
"To borrow a phrase from my friend Erskine Bowles on the Fiscal Commission, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. That means America is still a step ahead of the European nations who are confronting a debt crisis, of Japan that's in its second lost decade."
"There are people in communities who are actually out there fighting poverty eye-to-eye, soul-to-soul, in neighborhoods that actually do well, that succeed. But for government, I think in many cases, they could do more."
"Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It's absolutely unacceptable."
"Life is short, you better make the most of it."
"I think conservatives should be confident in our beliefs and go push them everywhere we can and go to non-traditional communities. It's a no-brainer."
"Let's pass a bill to cover the moon with yogurt that will cost $5 trillion today. And then let's pass a bill the next day to cancel that bill. We could save $5 trillion."
"Republicans have offered dozens of comprehensive healthcare plans many of which achieve comprehensive healthcare reform without breaking what's working in healthcare. We want to fix what's broken in healthcare."
"We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America."
"Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government."
"Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor."
"Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring."