Click here for 54 full quotes on Homeland Security OR background on Homeland Security. Don't sell arms abroad as a jobs program. (Oct 2018)

Oppose Trump nominees who supported Iraq War or torture. (Mar 2018)

Fiscal conservatives must oppose unlimited military spending. (Feb 2018)

Both refugees and visa waivers pose threat. (Nov 2015)

Talk with Iran like we talked to Russians during Cold War. (Sep 2015)

Stop funding & arming allies of ISIS. (Aug 2015)

Provide veterans support tools to adjust to civilian life. (Apr 2015)

Conservative realist, matured from isolationism. (Apr 2015)

National defense should be unencumbered by nation building. (Feb 2015)

We've over-militarized our foreign policy. (Jan 2015)

Multiple requests for security at Benghazi were ignored. (Jun 2014)

Benghazi disqualifies Hillary from the presidency. (Jun 2014)

Deploy missile defense in Eastern Europe but they pay for it. (Mar 2014)

Give trials to Guantanamo detainees. (May 2013)

Filibuster to establish no drones on citizens in America. (Mar 2013)

13-hour filibuster against drone strikes targeting Americans. (Mar 2013)

Only Judiciary can detain and drone, not the President. (Mar 2013)

Military sacrifice spreads flame of freedom around the world. (Sep 2012)

Drones have executed people wrongfully, like death penalty. (Jun 2012)

9/11 justified eliminating Taliban, but not nation-building. (Jul 2011)

Military should decide don't-ask-don't-tell policy. (Sep 2010)

Treat armed service members like heroes. (Jul 2010)

We spoke to Russians throughout the Cold War; keep doing so. (Nov 2015) Defense Spending

FactCheck: Yes, military spending as much as next 10 nations. (Nov 2015)

How is it conservative to add $1T in military expenditures? (Nov 2015)

$76B in defense spending via cuts to EPA, HUD & foreign aid. (Mar 2015)

Military should be second to none; so audit the Pentagon. (Jan 2015)

Don't let people who make money off weapons define policy. (Apr 2014)

National defense is important, but no blank check. (Apr 2014)

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending. (Jan 2012)

Put defense spending on the table for reducing budget. (Feb 2011)

Defense should be largest part of much smaller budget. (Feb 2011)

How much of what is spent on defense is actual "defense"? (Feb 2011)

Remove waste from last decade's doubling of military budget. (Feb 2011)

Defense policy is influenced by the makers of weapons. (Feb 2010) Privacy Rights

Let's get warrants the old-fashioned way: via 4th Amendment. (Jan 2016)

Bulk data collection does not improve safety. (Nov 2015)

Surveillance of mosques ok; database of Muslims not ok. (Nov 2015)

More targeted surveillance; no bulk data collection. (Aug 2015)

American Revolution was fought over 4th Amendment rights. (Aug 2015)

Increase targeted surveillance to defend against terrorism. (Jul 2015)

Focus NSA surveillance on threats, not innocent Americans. (May 2015)

Repeal the Patriot Act; end large-scale data collection. (Apr 2015)

Kids are concerned with privacy & the surveillance state. (Feb 2015)

Transparency is mostly good; we should not have torture. (Dec 2014)

Need NSA reform, but not the USA Freedom Act. (Nov 2014)

NSA monitoring is an affront to 1776 sons of liberty. (Mar 2014)

Allow challenges to NSA in open court, not FISA court. (Nov 2013)

The Patriot Act is intrusive; it's what the Founders feared. (Feb 2011)

Warrantless searches overstep Constitutional powers. (Sep 2010) Voting Record

2010: decrease DOD budget by $164B; 2015: increase by $190B. (Apr 2015)

Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)

Supports banning homosexuals in the military. (Aug 2010)

Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. (Mar 2013)