I think that he has handled these hearings in a very gracious way.

It was confusing, inaccurate, and had the effect of misleading those who were not knowledgeable about the program.

I think Judge Gorsuch's dissent is Exhibit A for why we should have Chevron deference.

the actual operation of getting Judge Gorsuch before us has been special interest, dark money politics.

Mr. President, I voted to support Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster retaining the grade of lieutenant general while serving as the National Security Advisor to the President. To be clear, this vote was to permit Lieutenant General McMaster…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the mission of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, now under attack by the Trump administration. An assault on NOAA, Mr. Speaker, is an assault on science. NOAA is a…

Earlier this year, General Allyn told us that we are outranged, outgunned, and outdated in terms of our equipment.

I certainly hope we are going to be able to address that, and certainly doing away with sequestration would help quite a bit.

Can you please discuss how the $3.4 billion for the European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) is being spent?

I can tell you that, from my time as a Federal prosecutor, it is the child exploitation images that I have been forced to view, from an in camera evidentiary standpoint, that I will remember always as the most disturbing and difficult part…

But the story of the Jan-Feb series victim also serves as an incredible testament to the importance of the issues that we're discussing today and the work that's been done at places like NCMEC and by ICAC detectives and by prosecutors.

Under President George W. Bush, the prosecution of child exploitation crimes became one of our core priorities at the Justice Department.

Because of the good work at NCMEC and with the ICAC, not only is that child predator currently serving a sentence of more than 200 years in a Federal prison, but I had the opportunity to seek restitution under 18 USC 2252 and 2252(a) on…

Too early to tell, but I think it is important that the defenses be up so that you can tell when it happens and you can forestall it when it begins.

We got four treaties passed, which may not seem like a big deal, but we did it in an afternoon.

I hope that we can focus on that.

We're just going to continue going forward. Chairman Graham announced today that our next hearing would be on the subject of how you protect an ongoing investigation from White House political interference.

No, we have not and we'll probably hold, it's the chairman's call, not mine, on pursuing further measures to try to get that information until we've had their explanation.