Says he supports the president's agenda despite Trump having endorsed his opponent in this race, framing loyalty as compatible with dissent: 'You can disagree with him. He loves competing ideas,' arguing the president wants differing viewpoints heard before he makes a final call.

Calls the $40 trillion national debt his top concern, saying Congress has 'a spending problem,' not an income problem. Voted against the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act for not cutting enough, and wants offsets required for new federal spending while targeting mandatory programs, over 70% of the budget.

Calls passing the SAVE Act's citizenship and voter-roll rules his top Senate priority, willing to go around the standard 60-vote threshold to do it: 'I will do whatever it takes to get that. That's a top priority — even if it means blowing the filibuster up.'

Has voted for detention and enforcement measures including the Laken Riley Act, mandating federal detention for unauthorized immigrants charged with theft or assault; the Kayla Hamilton Act, expanding detention for unaccompanied migrant minors; and a bill elevating illegal entry to a federal felony.

Ties the cost-of-living squeeze to federal spending, arguing that tighter control of government spending, combined with lower energy costs and pro-growth policies, is the way to ease pressure on household budgets.

Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, barring transgender athletes from female school sports teams, and has backed restrictions on gender-affirming care within federally funded programs — barring Medicaid coverage of such care and barring TRICARE/military-family coverage of it, alongside a separate vote restricting coverage specifically for minors.