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Bradley Byrne
@bradleybyrne· AL· Jan 27, 2015

I thank my colleague, the gentleman, and I thank you for the time, but I thank you most of all for your service to the people of your community and what you have done for them and your proxy for hundreds of thousands of law enforcement…

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 27, 2015

the administration, I would suggest, quite plainly is nullifying American immigration law to a degree that is breathtaking, in effect.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 27, 2015

We said there should be an exit/entry visa, which the 9/11 Commission has hammered us for not completing as law required, and it still has not been completed.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 27, 2015

The only ones that are being deported today is, as I think you know, people who commit serious crimes.

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Jeff Sessions
@jeffsessions· Republican · AL· Jan 27, 2015

What are we going to do to defend our constitutional heritage? And what will this Congress be able to say to subsequent Congresses if we acquiesce in these kind of activities?

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

Over the past few decades, a bipartisan consensus has emerged that tough sanctions are essential.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

Iran has long been a serious threat to U.S. national security interests.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

Can you confirm that it is the United States' position, the State Department's position here, that Iran enjoys no such right under either Article 4 of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or under any other provision or principle of law?

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

Doesn't that mean that the Iranian Government is still trying to develop nuclear weapons even as we speak?

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

we cannot answer all those questions today, but I appreciate the panel today.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

the Administration seems to be chasing this deal, in other words, wanting a deal perhaps more than Iran wants a deal.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

I am concerned that Iran, which is designated by the State Department as the world's leading sponsor of terrorism for so many years, continues to derail negotiations based on its so-called right to develop nuclear technology.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

I respectfully disagree with the Administration on this.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

Nuclear negotiations are entering the sixth year for the United States and the 12th year for the Europeans, yet Western leverage has diminished.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

I cannot imagine a higher risk versus reward scenario than this agreement.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

The regime's use of terror in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza, Golan, and elsewhere has strengthened its regional dominance.

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Richard Shelby
@richardshelby· Republican · AL· Jan 26, 2015

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran produced more than 500 additional kilograms of low-enriched uranium--that is a 7-percent increase in its holdings--between September and November of this past year alone.

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