I want to return to a topic that Senator Corker touched upon: affordable housing.

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands . . . may justly be pronounced the definition of tyranny.

there are certain policies that should not be controversial. It should not be controversial to expect that the laws of this Nation be enforced--equally, fairly, and fully. It should not be controversial to expect local city governments to…

today, on July 7, we have seen yet another extension of the nuclear negotiations with Iran--a terrorist- sponsoring, anti-American, outlaw regime with the blood of hundreds of Americans on its hands, from Lebanon, to Iraq, to Afghanistan…

Have you taken a look at how countries like, let's say, the United Kingdom or France have addressed this issue?

This is an issue not just for terrorist operations, but I would presume also for things like child molesters, child pornographers, sex traffickers, kidnappers, is that correct?

I want to commend the agents and employees you have in that field office there for their dedicated public service.

Do the companies with--with whom you deal in private settings, appreciate the fact that the technology that they are creating and marketing is being used by terrorists and some of the most heinous criminals in our society?

Could you look to CALEA or maybe what other countries have done to address the 'Going Dark' program with data encryption as a model for this Congress to act?

Does the Executive Branch yet have legislative proposals that they are prepared for this Congress to take under advisement?

It is, but I am old in spirit.

The Federal Government is different. It is not a for-profit enterprise. Therefore, it makes decisions not based on market or financial signals, but on political decisions oftentimes.