Ron DeSantis

The IRS, to me, is an institution that is--that is terminally ill.

Lawful immigration is very beneficial for the country, both in terms of economic growth and in terms of cultural vitality.

It seems to me that there's actually a huge amount of discretion that's been delegated, not necessarily to judges or enforcement agents on the ground, but to the bureaucracy, in particular political appointees.

I just think that you should be honest about that so that the American people can have a better understanding of what it is.

The buck stops with the President in terms of a serious risk to the American people.

As a Navy guy, you know that, you know, these carrier groups that we have are essentially taking American sovereignty and putting them essentially anywhere in the blue seas throughout the world.

I know this is a particularly busy period for the committee, and I appreciate your time.

This aircraft has even more capability for detection of threats and early warning that is going to be absolutely critical to maintaining the safety of our carrier groups.

Whistleblowers are supposed to and can serve a vital function in highlighting governmental abuses

I don't think Government, through central planning, is competent enough to play venture capitalist, especially with other people's money.

Kelo v. City of New London to me was wrongly decided. I think it is actually an example of judicial activism.

I am certainly very favorably disposed to this piece of legislation, and I think it is common sense.

I think that your case has brought this issue to the forefront, and a lot of folks, their rights are at stake too.

I think it really undermines the rule of law if this is not in any way accessible to the average person.

I do not believe that Assad should survive. I mean, he doesn't have any legitimacy.

I think you recommended between 8,000 and 12,000.

We need to start streamlining some of this bureaucracy and red tape. I think it is paralyzing us as a country in more ways than one.

To see millions of dollars being spent in maintenance fees for empty buildings, particularly at a time when we are told we have to cut back on key services, it is something that none of us should be satisfied with.

We have a responsibility as elected officials to serve the interests of the people who elected us and who pay the bills for this government.

Thank you for holding this hearing, and thank you for your determined pursuit of inefficiencies and waste in government.

To have a dictatorship like that so close to our country, it is just a very sad thing that it has happened after all of these years.

I think Cuba has a chance to really do well if it embraced democracy, if it embraced human rights, if it embraced free-market economics and turned its page on, you know, this 50 years of repressive rule.

A reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas represents the death now of the peace process such that such a process exists.