
I have always believed that we must contest ISIL in the information domain every bit as aggressively as we are contesting them on the battlefield.
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I have always believed that we must contest ISIL in the information domain every bit as aggressively as we are contesting them on the battlefield.

There's a perception, there is little price to pay for engaging in some pretty aggressive behaviors, and, because of a lack of repercussions, you see actors, nation-states, indeed, willing to do more.

I thought the response to Sony, where we, for example, talked about the economic options as a Nation we would exercise, was a good way to remind the world around us that there's a broad set of capabilities and levers that are available to…

U.S. Cyber Command has made measurable progress. We are achieving significant operational outcomes, and we have a clear path ahead.

Unity of effort within our Department and across the U.S. Government in this mission set is essential.

I think we have to clearly articulate, in broad terms, what is acceptable and unacceptable, norms, if you will, of behavior.

I thank our leader of the CBC, Congressman Butterfield, so much for his exemplary leadership and the courage that he exemplifies every day in fighting for the causes that we all hold so dear. I want to thank Congresswoman Jackson Lee for…

Listen, Trump has tapped into one thing. It is probably likely that if you want a diminished or at least an accelerated end to the Syrian problem, you are going to have to sit down with the Russians.

It is incoherent. When you ask our Arab League allies, the first question you get back from them is, hey, what is the United States' policy? What are you doing? Who are we for and who are we against?

One of the things I have always promised in the discussion that led as part of the legislation was, once we get into this new structure, what I promise will be honest and direct feedback on how this is working.

This is a fundamental American value. For our Founders, life was the first right. They understood that there is an order to things that even nature teaches us. They understood and fully embraced that the first and foremost right is life…

By now, we have all seen the appalling videos which depict Planned Parenthood officials talking about how they crush babies in certain ways to preserve certain organs and then bargaining over the price of those organs. I want to be crystal…

No taxpayer should be forced to fund an organization that aborts more than 350,000 unborn babies every year. This is a commonsense truth that even pro-abortion activists have a hard time arguing. Guess what--they changed the argument. They…

Sometimes overlooked in the debate surrounding wildfires is the importance of forestry practices intended to prevent the wildfires before they start. The Resilient Federal Forests Act, authored by my friend from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman)…

He has got to start talking about a coherent national security plan. It is a number-one issue in Iowa amongst caucus goers.

the National Black Chamber of Commerce is opposed to the Clean Power Plan, and they've pointed out that if this goes into effect, that poverty rates among black families will go up 23 percent, among Hispanic families it'll go up 26 percent.