These hearings are not an assault against Islam. It is an assault against all Americans, especially Asian Americans.

It is not the words in the book that is the problem; it is the twisted human minds and the evil motives behind people that create this violence.

The road to enlightenment, though, is not by holding more of these hearings.

one of the big promises that President Obama made was if you like what you have, you can keep it.

the biggest complaint that they have is that under the rules they have already seen, let alone the rules that haven't been written, they don't see how they are going to be able to comply with the law.

I call it crony capitalism because it was a lot of the people who supported the law found out about it.

$500 billion was raided from Medicare by the President's law.

We really do need to adopt guidelines at the State Department that define what are the parameters for the approval or the denial of a visa application.

We appreciate Senator Landrieu's interest in this topic, which we have also explored at length.

Let me ask Administrator Pistole. Airline pilots and flight crews are subject to extensive background checks.

I think this should be an issue for mayors that are trying to promote their cities and for Governors that are all about creating jobs and opportunity.

The Visa Waiver Program must be expanded quickly to include our most important potential trading partners like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Poland.

Allowing more international visitors to enter the United States is not a zero sum game.

I think that is a very important point. I mean, as happy as it sounds to designate a special lane for prescreening passengers, it would be very aggravating to be a nonscreened passenger and stand there for 45 minutes watching no one go…

I just want to again remind everyone that it will be, I guess, 11 years this September that this industry has been topsy-turvy.

The President's January announcement on tourism said that his goal is to expedite the visa issuance for visitors.

last year I introduced legislation called the Fair Airline Industry Revenue (FAIR) Act to increase security fees on airlines that charge passengers for their first checked bag.

We want to see some of these custom approaches and we will be pushing.