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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…

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…

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…

Mr. President, 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…

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.

It is hard for anyone who has led soldiers in combat to disagree, just as the moms and dads of more than 186,000 soldiers deployed in over 140 countries could never disagree.

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.

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

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

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

Mr. Chairman, it is extremely important for companies to find efficiencies and be restrained in the expenditure of USF monies.

As members of this subcommittee, we have an obligation to ensure that decisions about Federal funding and policy are made with taxpayers in mind.

ignored bipartisan concerns raised by Congress

undermin[ing] Congress' clear intent to preserve JSAs

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.

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