There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

The recovery of the Gulf Coast region will take years to complete.

The Senate is a remarkable institution. It is unique. There is no other body, no other political body, no other democratic legislature in the world quite like the U.S. Senate.

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

Global overcapacity in steel production can no longer be ignored. Foreign governments' intervention in steel markets has had a devastating impact on the U.S. industry.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

I'm inclined to vote for Roberts unless something else comes up. It's a close call.

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former.

Now is not the time to open the border to receive Canadian beef down to the United States.

You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.

The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

America's ranchers and farmers produce the highest-quality products in the world.

Americans have the right to say what they believe. But with that right comes the responsibility to respect our neighbors, respect law enforcement, and obey the laws.

Any bilateral trade and investment agreement must be comprehensive and address the full range of barriers to U.S. goods and services if it is to receive broad, bipartisan congressional support.

Cyber-enabled theft of trade secrets by state actors in China has emerged as a major threat to our economic and, thus, national security.

Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.

Failure to pass TPP sends a big signal. The United States is backing off, backing away. That will create a huge void here.

For our part, the U.S. government has an obligation to aggressively pursue every opportunity to expand trade, boost the economy, and create well-paid jobs here at home.

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.

Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

I believe strongly that the opportunity is here for us in America to finally have a healthcare system that we can really be proud of. But it's got to be one where everybody is involved. Everybody: consumers, employers, providers, health-insurance companies, everybody.

I believe very, very strongly that when you serve, you serve the entire state.

I don't want retired schoolteachers or any other good Americans to be duped by fraudulent organizations into giving money, thinking it is going to go to disabled vets, when in fact it's not at all. It's going in to pad the pockets of some scam artists. I want to stop this stuff.

I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.

I know the problem of obesity. I got to tell you, I think that's tepid. I just don't think the bully pulpit is going to be enough to sufficiently fight obesity. We're going to have to have incentives in here.

I love challenges.

I think I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

I think that the level playing field is so unlevel - it is tilted so much in favor of Chinese companies - that it's time for the United States to do a little bit more, see.

IRAs are intended for retirement.

If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.

Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Life has many twists and turns.

My basic advice to the Chinese with respect to the South China Sea is, 'Hey, guys, cool it.'

My blood, my roots, my soul is in the state of Montana.

My door is open.

Politics abhors a vacuum.

Protecting basic rights such as freedom of expression enhances social stability.

School prayer, abortion, and school busing are indeed controversial issues. I doubt that there ever will be complete agreement on the public-policy questions they raise.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

Tax reform is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

The Founding Fathers provided a way to reverse unpopular Supreme Court decisions: a constitutional amendment.

The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.

U.S. agricultural products, including safe, high-quality Montana beef, face unscientific trade restrictions in many important markets.

We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.