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I worry about that, and what's the definition of truth? This has sort of a chilling Orwellian aspect about it with the minister of information putting out a set of facts and then -- which don't comport with ground truth.

I would be an advocate for that. I gave a speech in Seoul last month which I suggested that we give some consideration to opening up an intersection in Pyongyang.

I think what people have a tendency to forget is the tremendous threat that Russia poses to us.

There's certainly a lot of doubt about that. And what's happened most recently, I think just has the effect of casting more doubt on the credibility of what they say.

I think the Russian objective here was, one, to explore, we can -- in order to see if there was interest in having such a discussion on offering up, of course, dirt on Hillary Clinton.

It is technically impossible to write an anti-speech code that cannot be twisted against speech nobody means to bar. It has been tried and tried and tried.

I simply say as a black woman and ask them to remember that Frederick Douglass... was able in even that society to denounce slavery all over the United States.

It pains me, I have to say, when I hear of African-American students in particular claiming about hurt feelings when it comes to speech.

I am pleased that the entire panel appears to believe that exposure to speech that hurts is part and parcel of living in a democratic free-speech society.

If you're concerned about young people, would you be concerned that the District of Columbia can't regulate marijuana so as to keep it out of the hands of people under 18, for example?

So what we've done in the District of Columbia is we have expanded the underground market for marijuana.

Yet Congress has prohibited the District of Columbia from using its local funds to tax and regulate marijuana.

I thought the President had begun in a bipartisan way himself when early on he said he thought that we should--and here I'm quoting him, show great compassion about the opioid epidemic.

I worry that making a substance widely available and legal increases acceptance of it and increases use among youth.

If, in fact, you're going to possess--if a jurisdiction is going to possess marijuana, should it not at least have the opportunity to keep marijuana out of the hands of children?

I hope we can have more hearings on safety.

Safety is becoming a critical concern in transportation.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.