Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
Richard John "Rick" Santorum, SMOMis an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvaniaand was the Senate's third-ranking Republican. He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to the eventual Republican nominee Mitt Romney...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 May 1958
CityWinchester, VA
CountryUnited States of America
I can assure your actions have not gone unnoticed, ... I commend you for all of the assurance and compassion you provide for people in need.
take affirmative action to identify and permanently locate an optimum number of C-130 aircraft as a detachment to the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Center.
I think it was a consensus among members of Congress, and I think the president is receptive to the idea.
I think he set a great standard going forward for judicial nominees, as to laying out the proper role of the court. That's one of the things I think we've lost. We've gotten into this battle, we want a liberal or a conservative. No, what we want is someone who decides the case before them as narrowly as possible.
I think I would probably tailor that a little more than what the president has suggested, ... I'm not comfortable with intelligent design being taught in the science classroom.
you leave open the door for a variety of other sexual activities to occur within the home and not be regulated.
People know what I stand for and why I stand for it, ... I don't think that's the case with my opponent.
Look, I am seeking my party's Whip position. Would I take that job then leave my party in the lurch by running for President?
unfortunate, it was disappointing. It was uncalled for. I hope he thinks better of it and retracts his statement.
While not having the force and effect of law, report language has a significant impact,
This shows that extremism in leadership is not rewarded.
There is a difference between legitimate issues of character - someone's behavior - and the issue of whether someone who has done something wrong in their life, now because of those mistakes, can't talk about what is the right thing to do.
But the reason America is a great country, the reason is because our compassion is in our laws. And when we live by those laws and we treat everybody equally under the law, that's when people feel good about being Americans.
People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That's what makes America work.