"What have you heard from detainees and their families or lawyers about how these men are coping with incarceration conditions that, simply, are not permissible in the United States?"
"I think that is critical that we hear firsthand the experiences that you underwent and appreciate your willingness to share those with us today, take time out."
"I think it is critical that--not just within the prison system, but I think generically we understood early on who were the most vulnerable and who are at most high risk particularly in congregate set..."
"it seems, coming out of the Biden administration, it has been more of a one-size-fits-all approach and more of a top down kind of bullying, shaming approach just on vaccine mandates."
"it's alarming that President Biden's main focus seems to be trying to get people fired from their jobs as opposed to putting more time and effort into some of these alternatives."
"it's not a political issue. It's a personal choice."
"Civil asset forfeiture laws infringe upon Americans' due process and property rights."
"I had my asset seized by the Internal Revenue Service in 2013, over $940,000, without warning and without ever being charged with a crime."
"Those protections were a great start, and I am thrilled to be here to learn more about how we can further reform our civil asset forfeiture laws."
"I was excited to learn about the chairman's bill when he introduced it with Representative Walberg, the FAIR Act, and I wholeheartedly support its goals and policies."
"I think a more pressing and, in fact, an even more important question is whether the fourth branch, the bureaucracy, has grown too big."
"We have become--because of this overwhelming spending, quite frankly, of both parties an expansion of government into all places and all things from the Federal level."