Ron DeSantis

And American lives are at stake in some instances, correct?

Would being extremely careless in handling top secret information expose an employee of the FBI to potential termination?

It could include revocation of security clearance?

What that evidences is an unambiguous policy to promote terrorism.

the Israeli population has showed time and time again they are willing to make very significant concessions to achieve a lasting peace.

These are huge payments that are going to Palestinian terrorists.

the overriding problem is the behavior of not just the Palestinian Authority or Hamas per se, but really the majority impulse in the culture.

this is a guy whose dissertation was in Holocaust denial.

I applaud Congressman DeSantis and his staff for their energy and dedication to improving the lives of veterans.

The PAWS Act requires that, to be eligible, a veteran shall have been treated and have completed an established evidence-based treatment.

We encourage the VA and this Committee to work with Mr. Lyle and Congressman DeSantis toward establishing a workable pilot program.

We are going to bring the VA in line with much of the rest of the country and do so following the best practices and ensuring that this is effective.

What it seeks to do is harness the use of specially trained service dogs to treat veterans who are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress.

I believe that if we pass this bill and get it up and running, I think it will save lives.

I think if we keep allowing that, I think that we are inviting the executive branch to continue to trample over Congress' powers.

I think that this idea, this is going to take, it is like climbing Mount Everest to simply put on this case, it is just not true.

I think that we should designate them as a foreign terrorist organization.

I worry that the clamping down on civil society and human rights is making the situation--we are certainly not improving the situation.

I think that what is kind of at the foundation of society, are there pockets where you could actually have more liberal views about the proper role of government.

These need to be thought of as political offenses growing out of misconduct or gross negligence or usurpation.

Well, in my opening statement I told the story about campaigning for office for the first time in 2012 and asking to speak in front of a group that was in the process of applying for tax exempt status, and they really freaked out about me…

As Harry S. Truman said, the buck stops here. It stops at the top.

As of today, not a single individual has been held accountable in any way for what happened with the IRS.

As a Member of the Oversight Committee, I join my colleagues in seeking to ascertain the truth about the conduct of the IRS and its employees like Lois Lerner.

The Constitution contains mechanisms for self-defense that can be used to check abuses by civil officers in the executive branch.