Mike Coffman

I don't know how you can govern without ever compromising.

I think partisanship is probably the greatest problem in Washington, D.C.

There's a narrative out there about Republicans being not just anti-illegal immigrant, but anti-immigrant. It was very important to me to break the narrative.

The truth is, we are all human, and we all make mistakes.

The frustration of Washington is you have to concentrate on just a few areas to really make a difference, and then so much of the power is at the top, at the committee chairman level.

I can't spread myself too thin.

I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

Low-wage individuals barely get anything. I think we have to reward work, and I do think that we need to bump up the earned income tax credit to help low-wage workers.

I love the diversity of my district, and it does drive a fair amount of my work.

What is interesting in Washington, D.C., is I've never missed a vote. The veterans' committee keeps track of hearings, and I've never missed a hearing or a vote on the VA committee.

You have a losing team, you change the coach.

Since the issues surrounding President Obama's birth certificate began during his campaign in 2008, I have rejected the notion that he is anything other than American.

Midterms behave very differently than presidential elections. Midterms, for a federal candidate, often times are a referendum on the president, where in presidential years, voters make two separate choices: one for president and one for a federal officeholder.

People ask me, 'What do you think about Trump?' Honestly, I don't care for him much.

I just think that Stephen Miller is completely tone deaf when it comes to reforming our immigration system.

I do think that we need more of a balance between merit-based and familial-based immigration.

On Sundays, I usually go to church with my mother.

Hillary Clinton is a non-starter and lacks the integrity to lead this nation, but Trump has a long way to go to earn the support of many - me included.

Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be.

I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this: that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.