Religion

The mosque has nothing to do with the terrorists.

Violent extremism is not unique to any one faith, so no one should ever be profiled or targeted simply because of their faith.

If you expel them they will all come here…. Burn them!

From a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris, we have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for…their faith - profess to stand up for Islam - but, in fact, are betraying it.

Today is Texas Muslim Capital Day in Austin…I did leave an Israeli flag on the reception desk in my office with instructions to staff to ask representatives from the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws. We will see how long they stay in my office.

It was execution style, a bullet in every head. This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime.

I can't not march. I march for women who have made that wrong decision and suffered greatly; [but] most of all I march for the unborn.

Those people were real. They were mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts, doctors and teachers, poets, wonderful people. Composers. And now they scream in silence. My story is only one story, but it is the story six million others cannot tell. I was, and always shall be, the witness to ... mass murder.

It's about spiritual leadership. When women bring their young boys and they see women leading the prayer, they can initiate change as they grow up.

We are dealing in lethal firearms. I’m not going to let a Nazi shoot in here, or a Klu Klux Klan member in here, either.

And while there are people of good conscience on both sides of this argument, one thing has become abundantly clear to me: the heavy hand of government must not make this decision for women and families.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.