"It is better to know what the concerns of the American people are before you are straitjacketed and locked into an agreement that may, in fact, unfairly and even illegally, bind you, your players, spo..."
"I think the general feeling, and I am quoting, is that a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal from management."
"That is how they can be disruptive because they have a lot of money, bucketsful of money. Correct?"
"In other words, their interest was public image, sportswashing, cleansing their reputation. Correct?"
"Sports are central to our society, to our culture, to our economy, to our way of life, to our self-image, and our image abroad."
"If we are going to be selling out to countries that can throw around hundreds of billions of dollars, we are going to lose, not just financially."
"We are here because the regime, an autocratic, repressive regime, is torturing, imprisoning, killing its own people."
"The families who are here are seeking justice against that regime."
"Senator Cornyn and I led the effort--it is called Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)--to enable those families to go to court."
"We are going to continue this inquiry. We are going to ask that the other potential witnesses that we invited actually come and share their perspectives and information."
"We will continue this inquiry because I think uncovering more of the facts and shining a spotlight on what is really happening here is in the national interest and part of our obligation."
"I will continue to support the PGA Tour. Just make no mistake--as I said before, America is on your side."