At some point, you have to recognize that there are no consequences when you do nothing.

I commend the president for acting because the intelligence showed an urgency to get in or they were going to kill this American hostage anyway.

On rollcall No. 541, I was off the floor in a meeting and missed this second vote in the series. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

participating in Medicare and Social Security, both of which are struggling financially through solvency, to have this added burden I think is irresponsible.

I disagree with you. The statue is very clear at present that these illegals who are in this country are to be removed once they are located.

Aren't these exigent circumstances?

I think you acknowledged from an earlier question, this is an area that is going to be wrought with fraud.

It is only a matter of the when, not the if, that we are going to see something traumatic.

We're seeing multiple nation-states invest in those kinds of capabilities.

That's a troubling development for us.

It enables you to shut down very segmented, very tailored parts of our infrastructure that forestall the ability to provide that service to us as citizens.

I believe that the indecisiveness at the White House has led to a lot of the problems and the challenges that we are facing today.