Ron DeSantis

The Brotherhood, I think, represents the foundation and if we can deal with that then I think we are dealing with the problem of radical Islamic terrorists much more holistically and likely to be more effective.

There's a difference between people who are coming through the legal channels and it may not always be enforced, but our laws that people, when they come here are legally, are not to be a public charge.

We have got to support the Border Patrol. We have got to have good policies so that people know the law is going to be enforced.

The simple promise that the laws are going to be enforced have driven down--but I must warn you, we're in a honeymoon period.

We are not talking about a 2,000-mile wall. It is going to be basically finishing the job of the 2006 Secure Fence Act.

I thank the witnesses for being here today and for their testimony.

It is time to secure the border.

A core attribute of sovereignty is maintaining control over national boundaries, yet for years we have witnessed the failure of the U.S. Government to secure our southern border.

And so we have got to get it right. We have been toiling with this for decades. Let's get it right and let's do it.

I think you are right to be concerned about it. We want to work with you to make sure that these States are working with ICE so that we are not letting dangerous people out.

There is immense cost to that goes with that.

If someone's not even supposed to be in the country and they kill someone, that is clearly preventable.

Education costs? We spend about $17,000 on each child in the United States very, very roughly and have may be over a million illegal immigrant children in U.S. schools.

I appreciate that. And if you can follow up with me about the dunes, we'd appreciate that very much.

I think it could be corrected, but obviously we need to get our ducks in a row.

I would just say that I would echo my colleague on the other side about, you know, trying to drown out speech by just yelling people down.

If we were not funding anything, then I would just say we just stay out of it, but if we are going to be subsidizing these types of forums that are not infused with free speech values, then it becomes an issue.

Part of the things that I have noticed about this debate is that there seems to be a declining support for First Amendment values amongst younger people.

I think legislators, ultimately, their first responsibility is to protect the rights of their constituent. So, I think it is time to intervene.

We have been on this committee years talking about Iran, talking about the Iran deal. We were told at the time this deal would help bring Iran into the community of nations, it would improve their behavior if we just let our boot off their…

If the budget proposal that was put forward by President Trump were to be enacted, estimates are that zero new grants would be funded next year by the NCI, zero new grants.

I think this has been a phenomenal panel.

This is an epic failure, and it is really a testament to the failure of socialism, the failure of central planning, and the failure of having a repressive police state.

I am a supporter of missile defense and want to support our Eastern European allies.

We have asked, a number of us on the committee, for the President to make a change at the IRS to really bring in some new blood so we can start reforming the agency.