It is past time for Congress to get serious about our spending crisis and impose fiscal restraint. – Ron Johnson
You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better. – Ron Johnson
Inherently, department stores have significant advantages compared to all other retailers. – Ron Johnson
We certainly should support both parties having observers at the polling stations to make sure that neither side does anything that allowed a fraudulent vote. That’s a very healthy check on the process. – Ron Johnson
The people that are proposing banning assault weapons, well, first of all they’re already banned. Assault weapon is a fully automatic, those are already banned. – Ron Johnson
The only area that I would agree with minimum wage is in immigration reform, the guest worker program. – Ron Johnson
When I joined the Senate in January 2011, I raised my right hand, placed my left hand on the Bible, and swore a solemn oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Defending the constitutional domain of the branch of government in which I serve is an obligation of that oath. – Ron Johnson
I think it’s unrealistic for public-sector employees to believe that they are immune from modifications to their pay and benefit packages. – Ron Johnson
There is something that happens when victims and offenders meet. Offenders and victims are able to see each other as human beings, with names and families. – Ron Johnson
Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone’s imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don’t have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it’s impossible to do what they imagine. – Ron Johnson
In 2010, there were 57 lawyers, zero manufacturers, and way too many career politicians in the United States Senate. – Ron Johnson
In an era of unprecedented medical innovation, we have to do more to ensure that patients facing terminal illnesses have access to potentially life-saving treatments. – Ron Johnson
For nearly five years, I worked with Marquette University Law School and helped to administrate a community crime prevention initiative called Safe Streets. We used restorative justice practices to help reduce crime and violence in the Milwaukee community. – Ron Johnson
We all have the problem of what do you do with the not-guilty-yet in free and democratic societies where you have the presumption of innocence. It’s a very difficult problem. – Ron Johnson
The arrogance of liberal progressives is that they’re just a lot smarter and better angels than the Stalins and the Chavezes and the Castros of the world, and if we give them all the control, and they control your life, they’re going to do a great job of it. Well, it just isn’t true. – Ron Johnson
Any individual that would be running for office, if they would say something that crosses a line and, in the end, is so significant, so major, that you couldn’t support them, I’d have to withdraw support from any individual, okay? – Ron Johnson
In Wisconsin, we have got a lot of agricultural products that are exported. We have a lot of manufacturing products that are exported. I don’t want to engage in a trade war. – Ron Johnson
I am going to certainly endorse the Republican nominee, and obviously it looks like that will be Mr. Trump. – Ron Johnson
Many of us have felt that sense of desperation – of urgency – when we learn that we or someone we love is fighting for their life. – Ron Johnson
In the general economy, you get government involved in making market decisions – first of all, they’re going to get it wrong. For a minimum wage, you will actually reduce the number of jobs available. – Ron Johnson
The whole climate change debate gives – and there are all kinds of quotes from adherents of and promoters of climate change – the reason they’re doing it is it’s such a great opportunity to control, you know, pretty much, government, and control your lives. – Ron Johnson
If you’re looking for a metric that we have to measure, that we have to control, it’s government in relation to the size of our economy. – Ron Johnson
