"American Samoa is American territory and I am concerned that we have episodic presence in American territory."
"the PRC, the CCP, is the world's greatest polluter by a factor of two."
"they are American citizens, they deserve American protection. So why aren't we there?"
"That's a pretty significant amount coming out of U.S. taxpayer money."
"We have good laws on the books, we're just not enforcing them."
"The traffickers are always smarter than we give them credit for."
"I get upset when I see injustice, when I see the human toll that is happening at our border in the name of politics."
"In September, September 11, 2001, terrorists killed around 3,000 Americans and we went 7,000 miles, and we waged war for 20 years because 3,000 Americans were killed."
"Seventy thousand Americans are being killed every single year by fentanyl and we are doing nothing about it."
"Do you believe that the Biden administration policies have strengthened the Mexican cartels?"
"There is the crux of the matter. So we can fund $10 billion and put CBP agents locked and armed 2,000 miles on the border, and unless we change the policy, nothing changes."
"The United States cannot afford to ignore this increased interest in the Arctic from near-peer competitors."