Regulation by enforcement is done. We are not doing it anymore.

We do not have the ability to make law. That is not what we are supposed to do in the executive branch.

there is no reason for this Bureau to be a black hole, as you put it, Senator, in order to conduct that mission.

And your service to our country is reassuring. Thank you.

I am really very supportive of President Trump's initiatives to provide funding for the European Deterrence Initiative.

Thank you, Chairman Mac Thornberry, for your diligence covering the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, and thank you for your extraordinary success in rebuilding the American military.

I want to thank both of you.

Mr. President, I rise today to celebrate the service and achievements of an esteemed and valued member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service, Dr. Kenneth A. Bertram, who completes a 32-year career of distinguished service to our Nation on…

We have to have some sort of legal orderly system of immigration that has to be enforced.

It's not being mean or cruel or harsh to say that we have to have some of these immigration laws and they have to be enforced.

I appreciate the platform. I appreciate the work you do, and we stand willing and able to help you here in Congress.

I think the First Amendment probably does apply and will apply.

The Constitution of the United States and the First Amendment says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

But the standard has been applied to private businesses, whether those are newspapers or other media platform.

I want to thank you for all the work you have done, and I want to let you know that I have been on Facebook since 2007.

The main response was addressing the perceived and, in many instances, confirmed bias and viewpoint discrimination against Christians and conservatives on your platform.

Last year, I introduced H.R. 1030, the Cyber Attack Standards of Measurement Study Act.

I want to begin by thanking Chairman Mac Thornberry for this very important hearing.