Ron DeSantis

I was disappointed in Director Saldana trying to say this is just political banter. It is not political banter.

We still have the authority to hold people, and when the public safety is at risk--and the frustrating thing is is that maybe we do need to do some reform in the Congress, but a lot of this, there are tools available right now that the…

I want to make it to Washington, D.C. one day. And I did, and I'm very happy about that because it--I don't see anything happening, any changes happening, you know, with our deportation rules and enforcement of them.

Had our government simply done its job, its core duties, you guys would have your loved ones here today.

It is frustrating when government is involved in all these other things and then fails at its core function.

You know, we in this country, the government at all levels has a responsibility to protect the safety of the American people.

I just fear that these changes have helped the Castro brothers solidify their power, and I don't think we have seen it yet with freedom for the Cuban people.

The results of those talks, while you guys may have been well-intentioned, the result of those talks has been that Cuba has simply denied releasing anybody. Correct?

I wonder whether we are going to see fruits of that, because I think, right now, most of us who were skeptical of this predicted that the regime would be pocketing these concessions, and I think, unfortunately, that is what happened.

So the human rights situation, you spoke to it initially in your answer, but you acknowledge that the human rights situation is still very poor in Cuba. Correct?

I think by that answer, you acknowledge, though, that the economic transactions are transactions with, effectively, the Cuban Government, the military, the intelligence services?

So why are you cutting the funds?

I support Prime Minister Netanyahu's declaration that the Golan Heights should not be given back to Syria.

I have had multiple veterans come up to me and tell me that they would have probably committed suicide but for being paired with a service dog.

The worst-case scenario that we are talking about is we have made some veterans happy with service dogs as companions.

I think we all agree that veteran suicides are a major problem. We need to do everything we can to prevent them.

Veterans cannot wait until 2018 for the VA to introduce the low-cost, low-risk, and high-reward treatment option.

I think that they are really a problem aspect of all this. President Sisi, you know, he views the Brotherhood as a major threat to security in Egypt.

I think that if they are actually facilitating payments to families of terrorists who are killing Israelis, then we should be deducting the amount of money, at a minimum.

So do you think if we moved away from some of these loopholes, moved away from a more catch-and-release posture, obviously, people that would come could be apprehended, but then wouldn't that be a deterrent for other people to realize that…

Isn't our functional policy basically catch-and-release at this point?

We have received reports from Border Patrol agents that sectors and offices reporting lower apprehension numbers are often rewarded.

I think it will allow innovation to really take hold.

Let's repeal the mandate. But here is the thing. Let's repeal all of these energy mandates.

I think the worry is is that the certification has not been made so that would prohibit funds directly.