"What separates us from a third world country is a -- is that we enforce the law and we respect the law."
"Well, I think what happened is after President Biden did the preemptive pardon on his family members and on the Jan 6 Committee, I think it all changed."
"President Trump is the person that's reinstating the rule of law. He's the one that has closed down the lawlessness that was happening on the border."
"The U.S. Senate must confirm President Trump’s national security picks as soon as possible."
"the question is 'why are we giving our kids 72 shots now?'"
"I think it would be very, very damning, and I hate to play the what if game because I want to see it first, but I don't think there's any way he could get confirmed if this is accurate."
"This is why I think when the Senate is going through this confirmation process, that we have to have oversight."
"This is why it's important for the Senate to have all the information that is out there on Matt Gaetz."
"There could be for sure. I think there's a lot of character flaws that could be used that way."
"I trust President Trump and the decisions he made with the information he had that I'm going to keep an open mind moving through, maybe moving forward with the process."
"I completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one."
"He was accused of sleeping with an underage girl and there's a reason why no one in the conference came and defended him, because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor."
"I completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one, but at the same time he's got to come to Congress and sell himself. There are lots of questions that are going to be out there. He has..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Ranking Member, for holding this hearing, and the witnesses for agreeing to testify."
"I have spent much time screaming about the potential impacts of the Basel capital requirements on the American economy."
"The CFTC's enforcement authority has been a closely watched issue during the past several years."
"the time to make updates to the farm safety net is now."
"It is critical that we keep innovation here in the U.S., but it is also critical that we make sure healthcare is affordable."
