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My friend suggests that the BOP actually collects this $20 million. I would submit to him and challenge him to show me that the burden of trying to collect these fees does not outweigh any actual reimbursement. These people have no jobs…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ____. None of the funds made…
I haven't seen a crisis like this, and I have seen some terrible drug crises in my time in Congress.
I mean, I saw the heroin epidemic, I saw the crack cocaine, and this notion of doubling deaths in a single year could not be more disturbing.
I am interested in the most effective way of capturing illegal substances.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you for this timely hearing.
I do think that is -- I won't say the only channel, but I think it's the most promising would be a direct dialogue with the North Koreans.
What their most concerned with is face and leverage and recognition of their status as a nuclear power.
I really question his ability to -- his fitness to be in this office. I worry about, frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes.
I really question his ability to -- his fitness to be in this office. I worry about, frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes. If he in a fit of pique, he decides to do something about Kim Jong-un, there's actually very little to…
Well, he certainly could be. Again, having some understanding of the leverage that a president can exercise, I worry about, frankly, you know, the access to the nuclear codes. In a fit of peak, he decides to do something about Kim Jong-un…
He was with the president on Saturday, and that he observed President Trump to be outraged and upset about what was going on in Charlottesville.
The Chinese don't like Kim Jong-un's behavior. They don't like the missile tests.
I absolutely do. I've been an advocate, for example, for establishing an intersection in Pyongyang.
You're talking about incomprehensible death and destruction.
I think Secretary Tillerson is exactly right. And we need to tone down the rhetoric about regime change.
When he says -- speaks of the fire and fury, this is very reminiscent of the rhetoric that North Korea uses about transforming Seoul into a sea of fire.