"This bill appears to be noncontroversial. It appears to be fast-tracked, and the Chairman viewed it that way."
"Well, let us just assume for a moment that Puerto Rico will broadly do it in order to get the greatest relief because I suspect in their own best interests, they will do that."
"In a perfect world they would both be independent commissions."
"I think this Committee in a structure needs to ensure that these decisions are made domestically first."
"The Constitution is clear: It is Congress' duty to write our Nation's laws. Yet, President Obama admitted that, 'I just took an action to change the law.'"
"one of my major concerns is the rate at which new construction is occurring has clearly slowed over the last few years."
"However, telling entire classes of millions of unlawful aliens that they face no possibility of being removed is not prosecutorial discretion."
"So do you have a commitment to at least use a standard design whenever possible?"
"The memo admits that the executive cannot, under the guise of exercising enforcement discretion, attempt to effectively rewrite the laws to match its policy preferences."
"the central phrase of America's Declaration of Independence is itself a statement of religious conviction."
"I don't want to topple a Syria that Iran has power in to get at ISIL but I don't want to defeat Sunni extremists only to empower a Shi'a aspiration paid for out of a dictatorial Iran that since 1975--..."