“A lot of nasty things were said about me in my own party about my unwillingness to demand the government shutdown.”

“Any nominee is going to have to earn my support.”

“Anytime you present a message that is seen as hate, you're going to have a negative impact.”

“As a result of the strategic patience policy, we now have North Korea testing four times an atomic weapon; they've violated numerous United Nations sanctions, U.S. sanctions by launching ballistic missile tests.”

“Besides the conventional military threats, North Korean cyber capabilities are growing.”

“Every member of the Senate has a constitutional duty to follow the Constitution and to uphold the Constitution.”

“From what we understand about participation by women and minorities, we need to do a better job of exposing people early in their careers to STEM fields.”

“Funding for women's healthcare must actually go to fund women's healthcare, not to line the coffers of an organization under increased scrutiny for reprehensible, inhumane behavior.”

“Guantanamo Bay is a facility that I think should be utilized by the United States for detainees, say, out of Syria.”

“Hemp has the potential to be a major boon to Colorado agriculture, giving farmers another viable and profitable option for their fields.”

“I am glad that our country is starting to have a serious conversation about how to repair our broken immigration system - it is long overdue.”

“I do not support legislation that would ban birth control.”

“I don't get everything right the first time.”

“I don't think Donald Trump is going to be our nominee.”

“I don't think it is ever enough for a governing majority to simply be opposed to things. We have to be for things.”

“I look forward to continuing to hear what Donald Trump has to say about his vision for this country.”

“I oppose the personhood amendment. Years ago I'd said that I'd supported it - it was the wrong idea. Looking at it, talking to people of Colorado, I don't support it.”

“I support Marco Rubio.”

“I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.”

“I think Donald Trump has a significant number of issues where he is not a Republican.”

“I think people need to be treated with respect, and that's what we've demanded from everyone.”

“I think Republicans are going to do better than Hillary Clinton any time of the day.”

“I think the American people aren't looking for loyalty amongst candidates to other candidates. What the American people are looking for is loyalty to the American people.”

“I think the climate is changing, but I don't believe humans are causing that change to the extent that's been in the news.”

“I used to play against a high school football team that always used to run the single wing. And eventually, other teams figured out that they ran the single wing. And so they prepared for it. The Democrats are stuck running the single wing.”

“I will say this - I certainly will not be voting for Hillary Clinton.”

“If China is doing business with a company that ends up putting money back into proliferation activities, then we'll sanction that company and China.”

“If you look at the Constitution, the two clauses of the Constitution make it very clear the president shall nominate, and the Senate shall provide advice and consent. It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee.”

“I'm not going to defend Sen. Udall's failed record.”

“I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.”

“Industrial hemp is a safe substance with many practical commercial applications.”

“It's time for Republicans to rally behind this campaign in order to put forth the best candidate to stop Hillary Clinton in November. I am confident Ted Cruz is that person, and I'm thrilled to endorse him for president.”

“I've learned to listen. I don't get everything right the first time.”

“I've made sure that I've stood for privacy and the rights of the people time and time again.”

“I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.”

“Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.”

“Let's put Coloradans in charge; let's put Westerners in charge of the West.”

“Mark Udall wants to run a social issues campaign. He definitely wants to run as the social issues candidate.”

“Nobody expected Darryl Glenn to win, and he's won every time.”

“Now, President Obama has to make a decision. He can either propose a nominee who can win over the majority in the Senate or defer his choice to the voters, who in November will elect a new President and a new Senate, which will be responsible for confirming a nominee who will provide balance to the Supreme Court.”

“One of the things that's always amazed me about people who attack me, saying I'm opposed to renewable energy, is I'm pretty sure I'm the only Republican who had an energy bill vetoed by a Republican governor.”

“Our country needs a new generation of leadership, and I believe that Marco Rubio presents this nation with the greatest possibilities and opportunities to meet the challenges of the next generation.”

“Perhaps the CDC should quit spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening, and massage therapy and direct that money to where it's appropriate in protecting the health of the American people.”

“Quite frankly, I'm running a campaign on the economy and jobs and economic opportunities for the American people.”

“Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator.”

“Sen. Udall can only talk about one thing: He's a social issues warrior.”

“Senator Udall focused his entire campaign as a social-issues warrior, and that was rejected by the people of Colorado, who embraced our plan of creating jobs and opportunity, growing energy independence, looking at education opportunities for the future, and making sure we're focused on protecting this great Colorado environment.”

“Ted Cruz caught the momentum in Wisconsin that I think that Donald Trump thought was his and his alone.”

“The bottom line is a record of ideas. The bottom line is a plan for how to get this country back on track. It's not about attendance - it's about goals and opportunity to move this nation forward.”

“The fact is, our men and women in uniform, the bravest in the world, did everything they could to protect this country from a terror threat and to protect others from the terror threat that was Saddam Hussein. And nobody can deny that we are in a better place because Saddam Hussein is dead.”

“The idea we would create some kind of religious test for entry into the country is absolutely wrong.”

“The Keystone Pipeline would create good-paying jobs. Not only where the pipeline is being built, good-paying construction jobs, but manufacturing and service opportunities in Colorado along with the Keystone Pipeline.”

“The overwhelming majority of Coloradans don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States or Colorado.”

“The president named Obama is probably not going to repeal the bill that's named after him.”

“The RNC had been incredibly supportive of my efforts in 2014... I couldn't have won without them.”

“There are far too many politicians out there who take the wrong position and stick with it and never admit that they should do something different.”

“There is no doubt that pollution contributes to the climate changing around us, but what I refuse to do is support a climate tax bill like Waxman/Markey put in place that would have cost farmers and ranchers in the state, that would cost small business the opportunity to grow, that would increase that bills that families pay, USD1,700 a year.”

“There is no such thing as a federal personhood bill.”

“There's a real question of what the United States could do if we detain somebody out of Syria right now.”

“There's an old saying in politics: You never run the same race twice. Democrats are running the same race three, four, five times. It's an old ploy, and Coloradans see through it.”

“There's no time, place, or purpose of a government shutdown or default.”

“This isn't a Republican issue. This isn't a Democrat issue. This is something that both parties and people around the country have agreed to. They don't want Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States.”

“To say that we should engage in some hypothetical about, 'Will I vote for Trump,' that's defeatist. I'm not going to be a defeatist.”

“We can't disrespect people for having a different opinion.”

“We got to protect Medicaid.”

“We have a number of challenges ahead of us.”

“We have a responsibility to be responsible stewards of tax dollars.”

“We have to protect the rights of the American people.”

“We hear people talk about putting a price on carbon, but they won't talk about how much that price of carbon is.”

“We just can't stay in a safe Republican seat and sit back and watch while this country goes down the wrong path.”

“We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.”

“We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built.”

“We're doing everything we can to solidify my base of support in the 4th Congressional district.”

“We're thinking of creating a board of experts across the sectors of industry, to identify successful programs and to make recommendations about programs that are working and aren't working.”

“What can we do to put more Colorado in Washington and less Washington in Colorado?”

“What's the difference between me and Mark Udall on contraception? I believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. Cheaper and easier for you.”

“When it comes to the environment in our own backyard, we understand it far better than anybody in Washington D.C.”

“While our nation's attention is rightly focused on the Middle East, the North Korean threat has grown exponentially, while there seems to be a falling asleep, so to speak, at the switch when it comes to North Korea.”