I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on not only how we can be on defense and take down the bad stuff, but how we can be on offense and use social media and traditional media to get our message out.

If these rich companies making a fortune can't lose a few percentage points on their profit to help us in the war on terrorism, there is something the matter with their souls.

Even if it is just weather reports from Mosul, if they are brought to you by ISIS, they shouldn't be on Twitter.

So, I mean, these are folks who barely know enough not to hold a get-together with ham sandwiches and beer to discuss what Islam does not allow, okay?

If we want to go further and use the power of the state to take down information, I think it is incumbent on Congress to craft a new statute defining what the responsibilities of these Internet companies are.

We live in this world where, yes, if we see you with a gun or a bomb we know you are a threat but if you violate our clearest laws but you are white collar, we don't want to do anything.

To the extent that we can do anything with hard power, but also with soft power to embolden moderating forces and modernizing forces in Iran, it is certainly in our interest and certainly seems there can be far more to do than what we have…

The most ideal and probably the one we are most likely to adopt is we take the Menendez-Kirk sanctions and we put them on a glide path all the way to zero.

It is inaccurate, as some have said, to say that that plan has halted their program.

Congress has agreed to nothing. No treaty has been submitted to this Congress for ratification.

If Iran wants a permanent agreement with the United States, let it agree to something good enough to gain ratification of the United States Senate as a treaty.

I worry that, starting with the Joint Plan of Action, the United States has already agreed to a series of concessions.

We have universal agreement on the goal: Prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons.

I think we have a co-decisionmaking responsibility and that is why I think we need our witnesses here to guide us in making those decisions.

I want to bring to the attention of this subcommittee something I have mentioned, I think, in the full committee and that is the State Department refuses to hire a single Islamic expert, not a single person who is really qualified to quote…

At a minimum, this subcommittee ought to be involved in naming and shaming.

Congress must still act to pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation.

But when it comes to priorities, he sets those priorities, not you.