Speeches
Our Executive Officials Must Uphold the Rule of Law
Dec 16, 2014
As we know, the President has recently announced that he will take unilateral executive action on immigration. In so doing he has circumvented the democratic process, broken the law, and subverted the constitutional order.
Floor Remarks on the CRomnibus
Dec 12, 2014
I rise in opposition to the spending bill before us today. I rise in opposition to the cynical substance of the legislation. I rise in opposition to the un-republican and undemocratic process by which a small collection of political and economic insiders crafted it, to benefit each other at everyone else’s expense.
Remarks on the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act
Dec 10, 2014
If we as an institution can accept a legislative process driven by backroom deals, rather than fair and inclusive debate, when we’re dealing with the most important issues, then when are we ever going to do things the right way?
We can do better. The American people – and especially those serving in uniform – deserve better. And as we saw in the recent elections, the American people demand that we do better.
A Conservative Vision for the Next Generation
Oct 21, 2014
"As I saw it, this professor was actually asking two separate questions. First, why should young people care about politics, period?
And second, even if young people do care about politics, why should they care about what I – a conservative member of the Republican Party – have to say about it?"
Bring Them In - Remarks to the Sutherland Institute's Center for Utah's Economy
Oct 2, 2014
Despite trillions of taxpayer dollars spent to eradicate poverty since the late 1960s, the poverty rate across the country has hardly budged. And nearly every strategy we have employed in this “war” – dealing with everything from health care to criminal justice – has failed to achieve genuine change in our most vulnerable communities.
