"Our jurisdiction includes the two nuclear powers that don't have stable governments, North Korea and Pakistan."
"I hope that in designating SIFIs, you would focus on the size of the liabilities, not the size of the assets."
"It is a lifeline. And whatever you are being told as to when to 'take away the punchbowl,' add another 6 months..."
"Maximum employment means everybody who wants a job gets a job."
"I view this as our first hearing on the President's request for an authorization to use military force."
"Ground troops, if necessary to take territory, will be necessary to hold the territory."
"ISIS is a lesser threat to the United States than the Shi'ite alliance."
"We are all aware of the evil of ISIS. ISIS almost asks us to take military action against them."
"This is the richest terrorist organization in history."
"I don't want to vote to have American soldiers going house to house in Mosul in a bloody hand to hand combat role."
"It is hard to say that the President doesn't have enough authority to do all the things that many of us hope he does not do."