John McCain

Should there be a permanent incentive to bring that money home? Or should we have just a one-shot deal to say you can have--if you bring it home within the next year or two, you can have a 5-percent or a 10-percent tax rate imposed on it?

We need to come up with rules that achieve the outcome of having it taxed fairly, our fair share in the United States wherever else, whatever their claim is their fair share, that is fine.

Can you understand there is a perception of unfair advantage here, Mr. Cook?

Can you please state for the record where AOI, ASI, and AOE is a tax residence?

You have obviously legally taken advantage of a number of aspects of the Tax Code, both foreign and domestic, and that has reduced the tax burden...

America's tax system is broken and uncompetitive, and I have long supported efforts to modernize it.

The egregious loopholes that exist in the Tax Code must be closed so that the nearly $1 trillion in untaxed overseas profits can come back to the United States.

Apple's corporate tax strategy reflects a flawed corporate tax system, and it is a system that allows large multinational corporations to shift profits offshore to low-tax jurisdictions.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I thank the witnesses.

It is unacceptable that corporations like Apple are able to exploit tax loopholes to avoid paying billions in taxes.

Isn't it just a fact that these tax advantages that Apple has either taken advantage of or in some cases, in my view, invented if you take a tax reduction in a country that you have no employees, but doesn't this put domestic companies and…

As Ronald Reagan used to say, facts are stubborn things.

Wow. In other words, we should go out and kill people and it is really okay? That is a very interesting answer.

I would not want to do anything in extending or amending the AUMF that makes it easier to keep Guantanamo open.

It is not rocket science.

There are more legal constraints because it does not require congressional approval

The President clearly has the inherent authority to use force if necessary to protect the United States against a specific imminent threat

Their continued detention... is doing more harm than good.

I think it is fair to say that Guantanamo at this stage is an unmitigated disaster for the United States.

I think that it would be more appropriate if Congress wants to do something to limit the President's ability to continue to use force

The President can use force against threats that are not imminent

Would it not be helpful to DOD and the American people if we updated the AUMF to make it more explicitly consistent with the realities today which are dramatically different from what they were on that fateful day in New York and…

Creating 'Guantanamo North' is not the answer.

In your view, the President has the authority to do that.

It needs to be done, and I hope that this committee will address it either in a separate fashion or as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).