To me, support versus endorse are two totally different things.

I created jobs. Russ Feingold, during that same approximate 30 years, what did he do? He built government. He built it larger and more intrusive.

I really don't think that the public-sector employees should be unionized.

If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the debt ceiling.

I'm an accountant. I'm a manufacturer from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who stepped up to the plate, and now I'm a U.S. senator.

What we do not need are career politicians that simply run for office to be somebody with a big title. We don't need that.

I've been working like a dog as a United States senator.

Fixing this broken system will take the perspective of someone who has actually solved problems. 31 years of manufacturing taught me how.

I've certainly honored the two promises I made: Always tell you the truth; never vote with my re-election in mind.

There is something that happens when victims and offenders meet. Offenders and victims are able to see each other as human beings, with names and families.

For nearly five years, I worked with Marquette University Law School and helped to administrate a community crime prevention initiative called Safe Streets. We used restorative justice practices to help reduce crime and violence in the Milwaukee community.

Unlike Obama and the Senate Democrats, I respect the will of Wisconsin's voters.

When it comes to judicial nominations, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are fond of reminding Republicans that elections have consequences.

The outrages surrounding the Benghazi attack involve administration action - or lack of action - before, during, and after the attack.

The Obama administration's hostility to school choice programs is well known.

When I joined the Senate in January 2011, I raised my right hand, placed my left hand on the Bible, and swore a solemn oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Defending the constitutional domain of the branch of government in which I serve is an obligation of that oath.

When I feel there's a door open, you always walk through it.

People oftentimes refer to me as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' So, I'm Mr. Johnson. I'm a complete outsider.

Any president is going to need extremely good advisers.

Many of us have felt that sense of desperation - of urgency - when we learn that we or someone we love is fighting for their life.

What you don't want to do - if you're concerned about poverty, if you're concerned about providing opportunity - you don't want to rip the bottom rung of the ladder of opportunity away from people.

You can't call ISIS the JV team. You can't say that they're contained. Sure, we've had some success, but we have not defeated them.

Washington treats Social Security like a Ponzi scheme.

You could establish along the zones of the coast of the Caribbean in Honduras gorgeous resorts zones. If we could help them do that, they could start rebuilding their economy.