Fox News Sunday interviews during 2013
(Chris Wallace interviewing candidates for 2014 and 2016 races)

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Budget & Economy     Paul Ryan: Tea Party helps keep the taxpayer in the game.     Paul Ryan: My budget deal got Democrats to agree to long-term sequester.

Civil Rights     Mike Huckabee: Homosexuality is a sin the same as heterosexual lust.     Liz Cheney: I love my sister & her wife, but we disagree on gay marriage.     Liz Cheney: No discrimination due to sexual orientation.     Scott Brown: Next step in racial equality: stop glorifying violence.     Rand Paul: Let states decide same-sex marriage; don't federalize it.

Corporations     Mike Huckabee: Axis of evil exists between Washington and Wall Street.

Crime     Mary Fallin: Murder is about video games & broken families, not guns.     Ben Carson: On Trayvon: It's not a perfect system, but is best we have.     Ben Carson: On "Stand Your Ground": Turn down the rhetoric.

Drugs     Rand Paul: Don't promote marijuana but don't jail non-violent criminals.

Energy & Oil     Gabriel Gomez: I believe that there is global warming.     Mike Lee: I believe that there is global warming.

Gun Control     Chris Christie: Focus on violence control, not gun control.     Gabriel Gomez: Start with expanded background check tied to mental health.     Mike Lee: Expanded background check first, not assault weapon ban.     John Cornyn: Focus on mental illness, not on background checks.

Health Care     Mike Huckabee: TEFRA model: subsidize extraordinary medical expenses.     Liz Cheney: Obama knew ObamaCare wouldn't let everyone keep their plan.     Liz Cheney: Republicans who compromised on ObamaCare got used by Obama.     Paul Ryan: Don't expand Medicare & Medicaid; they don't work.     Paul Ryan: Medicare premium support harnesses the power of competition.

Homeland Security     Peter King: People at NSA are patriots & get it right 99.99% of the time.     Lindsey Graham: NSA leaker Edward Snowden is a felon, not a hero.     Rand Paul: Filibuster to establish no drones on citizens in America.

Immigration     Chris Christie: I favor fixing a broken system.     Lindsey Graham: Secure border now in place with comprehensive immigration.     Lindsey Graham: New amnesty is tough and ends incoming illegals.     Mike Lee: Secure border will take years or decades to achieve.     Mike Lee: Comprehensive reform leaves 6 million illegals in US.     Mike Lee: I will make the "gang of eight" into a "gang of nine".     Marco Rubio: Border control: 90% apprehension and 100% surveillance.     Marco Rubio: Not amnesty: 15-year wait, plus fee, minus federal benefits.     Richard Durbin: Our border with Mexico is strongest it's been in 40 years.     Rand Paul: Legal status, but not citizenship, for illegal immigrants.     Jeb Bush: My plan is legalization, not self-deportation.

Jobs     Paul Ryan: No more unemployment extension after 13th time since 2008.     Rand Paul: Extending unemployment benefits does disservice to workers.

Principles & Values     Mike Lee: Give me 17 months and I will achieve bipartisanship.     Rand Paul: We don't need new principles, just to stand by those we have.

Social Security     Paul Ryan: Federal employees pension contributions like private sector.

Tax Reform     Jeb Bush: Compromise on taxes ok, as part of a spending cut package.

Technology     Rand Paul: 4th Amendment bans NSA from collecting everyone's phone data.     Liz Cheney: Internet sales tax is just another way to tax people more.

War & Peace     John Cornyn: No ransom to North Korea on nukes; we've tried that before.     Richard Durbin: Engage China to de-escalate North Korean nukes.

Welfare & Poverty     Rand Paul: Economic freedom zones in depressed inner cities.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Ben Carson HUD Secretary Chris Christie New Jersey N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate Gabriel Gomez Republican Challenger Massachusetts Jeb Bush Florida Former FL Governor; Republican Presidential candidate John Cornyn Republican Sr Senator Texas Lindsey Graham South Carolina S.C. Senator; Republican Presidential candidate Liz Cheney Republican Challenger Wyoming Marco Rubio FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate Mary Fallin Oklahoma Republican Governor Mike Huckabee Arkansas Republican Presidential candidate Mike Lee Republican Jr Senator Utah Paul Ryan Republican Peter King Republican 2016 Primary Challenger Rand Paul Republican 2016 Primary Challenger Richard Durbin Democratic Sr Senator Illinois Scott Brown Previously MA Republican Jr Senator New Hampshire