"This interrogation, rendition of terrorists had been going on before the Bush administration."
"But I believe that a lot of this responsibility lies with the Justice Department."
"Could you say here today that the top priority of your office as the Attorney General of the United States would be to protect the American people from terrorist activity at any cost?"
"I think when the American people realize that the broken pipe is being fixed and we are not just mopping up the water but we are fixing the leak, we can have a far better discussion about how to deal ..."
"directing them to target both illegal workers and employers that create incentives for aliens to illegally cross our borders, which I think is the law and sound policy, and I appreciate that."
"We have been provided the greatest legal system the world has ever had, and all of us have a responsibility to pass it on and to ensure that every single American is provided what is on that Supreme C..."
"But I would note that when you have a 70-percent decrease from the peak of the commencement of enforcement and those numbers continue to drop each year, the stress has been high on the courts and the ..."
"The American people, correctly, are dubious of a plan that gives lawfulness now to people who came in illegally."
"Well, you could follow through on these programs and do some other initiatives and be able to preside over real improvement, I think, in the lawfulness of our immigration system."
"And we will be looking at those numbers, the best numbers we can get, and I think the American people will hold you accountable for progress."
"it is flatly prohibited for them to be released into the United States."
"People expect out of this Committee high standards of professionalism and integrity and fairness and justice, and you can be sure that we will work hard to discuss the issues that are important to Ame..."
"The need to fix our immigration system is something I support."
"I do not think there has been another raid of that kind since, and it may be the unintentional result of your comments and actions that the agents got the message."
"the problem of the Uyghurs that are held at Guantanamo who are certified to have been trained at a terrorist camp"
"The rule of law is the most lacking thing in those countries. If you could have security and lawful behavior and the government had the capacity to secure people in their lives and in their business i..."
"the policy of the United States is millions for defense, not one cent for tribute."
"We don't need treaties to defend our ships."
