I think we will make a good record.

If we cut off funding to countries that are not doing the right thing and not taking back criminals from their own countries who are here illegally, I think in a heartbeat they will respond to that.

your comments on continuous production as we go into conference is extremely helpful.

There were three unsuccessful attempts that were rebuffed by the country of Haiti, and a decision was made by really lower-level folks that, again, he should not be detained any further because there did not appear to be a likelihood of…

the fact that anybody who manages an agency or department wasn't aware of that kind of caseload disparity, I mean, that just screams out dysfunction when you just look at those numbers.

We have to at some point at least acknowledge that we should not allow foreign countries to import dangerous criminals to our country.

Great. Well, again, thank you to both of you. I mean, your testimony has just been really very focused and clear.

the question is whether or not that same standard, which we scrupulously followed, is going to be adhered to in the South China Sea.

the stakes are huge. Trillions of dollars of commercial sea traffic and products pass through the South China Sea every single year.

It is time for this country to move forward and ratify UNCLOS.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here.

I appreciate your last comment there which is that the batting average for these new models has not really just been about sort of the racial composition of the student body.

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I would say very much belie the level of some of the rhetoric we are hearing.

But what you can't do in my mind in terms of the labor standards is cut taxes on wealthy people so that you cannot pay middle class a fair wage for a fair day's work.

It was in need of an update and a modernization.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Wittman, for holding today's hearing on Navy force structure and readiness.

this is a really big cost to the country and to the taxpayer.

the Navy now faces readiness concerns with its submarine force as well.

the efforts were rendered less effective as Mr. Courtney suggested by the sequestration in 2013.

the consequences of years of high operational tempo experienced by a smaller fleet.

I think what's--you know, again, get some perspective here about what happened and what is an appropriate remedy and not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

I think it is important sometimes right now, to put this in perspective here.

the ripple effect in terms of the value to people who wore the uniform of this country is, you know, far excess in terms of whatever small investment the taxpayer makes.