"I think anybody who wants to come to this country, I agree with you, in general, gentlemen, should come here to work, not be on the dole, not be here to get some free benefit but earn it."
"I especially want to thank the witnesses today in front of us."
"I couldn't agree with you more. We have got, you know, two wars going on, at least areas of conflict around the world."
"We can't afford to have another Uvalde in our country. We can't afford to have another 9/11."
"Human trafficking is a multibillion-dollar industry. Transnational criminal organizations, or TCOs, are preying on vulnerable individuals to make a dollar."
"I commend the Biden administration, Secretary Mayorkas, and DHS for building one of the strongest anti-human trafficking responses in the world."
"We may disagree on how to get the job done, but I think we all kind-of agree on the objective, which is stop these criminal organizations."
"This is not a U.S. problem. This is a global problem."
"I applaud the work the Antitrust Division has done to help American consumers and I agree with your goals, but I caution the Division that in following its mission to stamp out antitrust violations, i..."
"For the United States, I hate to say this, but we only pay attention when we see smoke, and by then the fire is raging out of control."
"But look at it this way. If you gave them a work permit, could New York use 40,000 or 50,000 workers right away?"
"Mexico is now our biggest trading partner."