Rand Paul actually said...

This is ridiculous. I could not believe that we have a law on our books that says we are to obey all foreign laws.

I was appalled, you know, that this could happen in the United States of America, that we would send in Federal agents from the Fish and Wil...

It is a Federal offense to import fish, wildlife or plants in violation of any foreign law.

it seemed like there was a general consensus that we do have a problem and we have to deal with it