President Obama's plan to draw down to 5,500 troops by the end of 2016 from the 9,800 service members in Afghanistan now, would leave the United States with 'a very limited ability' to conduct its counterterrorism operations.

Mr. Speaker, last Wednesday The Post and Courier, under the leadership of publisher Pamela Browning and editorial page editor Charles Rowe, editorialized: President Barack Obama has asked Congress to agree to close the prison at Guantanamo…

Donald Trump is an eloper. I don't trust him.

Donald Trump is not a Republican.

We have to do whatever we can to protect the First Amendment on university campuses.

I think it would be great if you and Professor West could come here to Congress and teach a couple of those classes.

If you want to be a great Nation, you are going to have to have a well-educated people.

The First Amendment is fundamental to the freedom of the United States. Nothing more fundamental than that.

It is my firm belief that such legislation can be drafted. I do not have language for you today.

I am trying to determine whether or not we as a society are going to accept that, that there are certain--no matter how compelling the government's interest is in accessing that evidence, we are declaring right now this is an evidence-free…

I confess upfront: my bias is toward public safety.

But all of us also love public safety, and it's so easy to talk about. Buy this amazing device; you will be private.

We need to do more. We need to do better.

Throwing cash at this problem is not going to solve this problem.

I think the best welfare to work program is a good, healthy economy, like you have in Florida, like you have in Texas.

I am an advocate for continuing the renewal of the sanctions.

I think they are watching exactly what we do with our modernization programs and our presence programs.

The numbers are going down when the promises are going up.