It should end today. Return the hostages, end the violence. Today. I think it should have been over months ago. It is horrific.

Sir, because you’re gonna have to have somebody who’s tough enough to do it.

I just wanted them to know that their previous leadership had ridden over them, but I was going to ride with them, and I was going to be a part of helping them do their jobs again.

'It will impact families and you’ll need somebody who can talk about it and that will visit with the American people about why we’re doing what we’re doing, and that will go out and tell the stories of all the victims and tell stories of…

I don’t know how they did that. I don’t know how they sat there and facilitated that.

We knew children were going missing.

There is no doubt that the people of New York and the nation see the continued carnage that is happening and are deeply, deeply disturbed and want it over, and believe it has gone on way too long.

Again, no concern about your qualifications. I had concern about your backbone, and I was wrong, and I apologize to you for being wrong.

Putting a gag order on a CDC director and directing her not to speak to those who have confirmed her and to whom she is responsible for oversight is a very serious matter.

I absolutely love animals. I’ve always had dogs. I still have a dog that goes everywhere with me. And that situation there was hard.

New York State and New York City are at our best when we stand together against those who attempt to tear us apart.

I think one of the biggest disservices they did to the country was not fulfill the mission of what the department was established for; it literally is to secure the homeland.

Americans are answering their country’s call to serve and help remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists, and gang members from our country.

That story about this hunting dog had been used against me in political campaigns.

And he opened the doors and said, ‘Come on in. If you are from an evil foreign government or a terrorist organization or a gang, you’re more than welcome, and we’re going to ignore our laws and treat you better than we do the American…

I don’t know how he slept at night.

You got over the qualifications bar easily, but my worries about the direction of HHS made me question you very significantly on your backbone, a trait that is not in long supply in this town. And then when I voted against your…

I don’t want to lose any more people to Palm Beach.