"When someone's embattled, when someone has shown dysfunctional leadership, they don't consolidate power. That is what dictators do. It's not what public officials in America do."
"I do not understand why you would look at taking that action when none of the recommendations of Congressman Waxman or of this committee anywhere would say, hey, we've got a dysfunctional CSB, we've g..."
"I share with you those views."
"I authored a law last year that actually said, no, no, no, you need to hold these people in these jails."
"Eighty-five percent of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement removals from the United States in Fiscal Year 2014 were convicted criminals."
"The real issue here is both domestic and also a national security issue."
"The Department of Homeland Security has detained and removed more people since 2008 than during any other period in its history."
"I am a cosponsor of the Jamiel Shaw Act that Mr. Walter Jones of North Carolina has recently filed."
"But I just note that in the last election two-thirds of Americans did not vote. That number dwarfs by orders of magnitude .002 percent, and my view is that in our republic, in our democracy, we are be..."
"Has the President's executive order changed the law on voter fraud in any way whatsoever?"
"And what are the consequences if someone, under Maine law, engages in voter fraud?"