John McCain

Well, then it seems to me there should be a clear definition of who the final decisionmaker would be, which it seems to me should be your organization, not the land manager.

Last month, Congressman Salmon and I introduced legislation that would provide Border Patrol with access to Federal lands.

But you will see a significant number?

Terrorist organizations could seek to leverage those same smuggling routes to move operatives with intent to cause grave harm to our citizens or even bring weapons of mass destruction into the United States.

It makes it more difficult.

So we can try to address it legislatively.

It seems like it is a pretty common sense solution.

We cannot incarcerate our way out of addiction alone.

It is interesting that all of the witnesses emphasize the importance of TPP, and yet we hardly hear anything about it here in Washington or amongst the American people.

I would like to thank the witnesses for a very informative session. I apologize for the fact that we are going to be subject to a briefing which has truncated the hearing.

A hollow cyber force

We don't have an advantage

If the Syria Train and Equip program included allowing the moderate opposition to go after the Assad regime, would it be more or less successful at recruiting moderate opposition fighters?

Our strategy should be bold and comprehensive.

There is a credibility gap that is huge, when the President acts in direct violation of the law.

If they're attacked by the Russians, we'll defend them.

How long do you assess the Syria Train and Equip program can remain on pause before the option to restart no longer exists?

The lack of any meaningful assistance to Ukraine allowed Putin to dictate the terms of the frozen conflict in Ukraine and then pivot to Syria.

Do the U.S. Armed Forces possess the capability and capacity to establish and enforce a limited air exclusion zone?

A political solution with buy-in from all parties is the best way to avoid this dynamic.

The law was broken when Mr. Bowe Bergdahl was swapped for five people.

It's the barrel bombs and air attacks that are causing most of the civilian casualties in Syria--not ISIS.

The stakes are high and we cannot afford to take anymore half-measures against ISIS and Assad.

The lack of a strategy to say that we can--have to take out Syrian air defenses in order to establish a no-fly zone is simply not true.

It isn't a privilege, it's a responsibility to exercise oversight.