Michael Waltz actually said...

"there was a real fear, me included in those first 24 hours that there would be, you know, 'ticker tape parades,' and Rose Garden ceremonies, and that this whole effort would get politicized, and that ..."

"I believe we've set a dangerous precedent, and I'd encourage this body to look closely at future efforts toward release and calls to close Guantanamo."

"The decision that was made, these five, was a bad decision."

"we deploy knowing the high likelihood of being captured, and it comes with that understanding that ransoms will not be paid, and there will not be swaps for us."