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We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

I'm supposed to enforce the laws of the land.

Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.

We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws.

What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

While we don't have the authority on the state level to change federal policy, my fellow governors and I do have a duty to protect our states' citizens, and we have a personal responsibility to act when we have the power to do so.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

I firmly believe in the rule of law as the foundation for all of our basic rights.