"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 executive branch isn't using."
"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."
"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, unfo..."
"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?"
"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 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 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."
"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."