"I find it very difficult to believe that the Appropriations Committee will actually do that. No, I believe they will do that: $1 billion--or more, actually--out of the Coast Guard budget for a big, beautiful wall."
"what in the hell are we doing here, that we are so incorrect in our prioritization of issues?"
"I intend to have a grand fight here with the Appropriations Committee; it would be helpful."
"I am going to be on you like a bad spell. And I can assure you that the California delegation will be there, also."
"You have shined us on. You and your predecessors have shined this committee on for 8 years. And it is over, sir."
"If you do not have a calendar for the 2018-2019 year, I will be happy to deliver one to your office."
"It would be a serious error for me to try to sum up all that you said, but it seems to me that there are a couple of things here."
"The chairman is working on a line of questioning that I think is really important here, and that is the adoption of new techniques and technology."
"We sense that there is a slowness, a reticence within the Coast Guard to adopt new techniques, new technologies, new equipment."
"First I want to thank the panel, an extraordinary panel, and a wide variety of information."
"What is the legal authority, the precise legal authority, of the United States Government to engage in military action in response to the chemical weapons use by the Assad regime?"