
As unpleasant and as unfortunate as this debt issue is in Puerto Rico, I am actually glad that we are here in Congress talking about debt.
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As unpleasant and as unfortunate as this debt issue is in Puerto Rico, I am actually glad that we are here in Congress talking about debt.

After he's been a Democrat a little while longer, he'll get used to it. He'll realize our party is the best hope this country's got.

The only thing I wish I'd said is first of all, yes, there are too many people in jail. Yes, a small percentage of them are in federal prison, and yet -- and Hillary was the first person in this campaign in either party to say we should…

I don't know how you would characterize the gang leaders who got 13-year-old kids hopped up on crack and sent them out on to the street to murder other African-American children. Maybe you thought they were good citizens. She didn't. She…

Now, I like and believe in protests. I would be a hypocrite if I didn't because I engaged in some when I was a kid. But I never thought I should drown anybody else out. And I confess, maybe it's just a sign of old age, but it bothers me…

when Obama administration officials sold the President's nuclear deal last summer to the American people, they were clearly sensitive to charges that they gave too much away. They knew that giving Iran $100 billion that we could never get…

The Obama Department of Justice suggested that you require what is--you routinely require it on Federal forms.

Here's the thing. I like protesters, but the ones that won't let you answer are afraid of the truth. That's a simple -- very, very afraid.

Goodness. Mr. Chanin, if you think it is tough being questioned by Senator Warren, try to be on her first-year contract class panel one day.

Many people in Arkansas think the FCC has forgotten about rural America.

Regulatory independence and transparency are critical to the functioning and credibility of the FCC.

Transferring money away from broadband deployment to offset agency spending in DC aggravates that all too real perception.

The only way to ensure that rate regulation does not happen is for Congress to take a Reagan-inspired approach: Trust, but codify.

But instead of strengthening our forces against these threats, we have seen sustained cuts to our military's force structure, modernization, and readiness.

You knew my intent during that testimony. I asked you clearly if you would support, not block, whatever, our intent of going forward with putting that rider in the appropriations.

Well, we are the ones that crafted the bill, so I can tell you what our intent was, and it is not as you perceive it.

Congress' clear intent to preserve JSAs that were lawfully executed prior to the FCC's 2014 rule changes has to be respected.