"It is a priority for every person that goes in and out of the Capitol."
"I thank you, ma'am, for your valuable testimony."
"But I'm also the only Member of Congress who actually conducted rescues myself of Americans out of Afghanistan, who spent 3 years of my life in Afghanistan, 7 years of my life in Iraq."
"Your agency is forcing gender identity on countries and that's neither soft power nor hard power."
"What I think needs to happen at BIS is a complete culture shift on the licensing side."
"We have decades of evidence to show that that strategy has failed."
"I think that is an important term, 'fundamentally.'"
"Is the Coast Guard in any way following the direction of other services, or one of our service Secretaries, to do things other services have done?"
"I don't have time to go into it, but very much a nonanswer given to a very important question."
"Is it still the policy of the United States Coast Guard that individuals with a history of gender dysphoria will be permitted to join the military?"
"I think it is absolutely affecting retention in all of our branches of the military."