"Senator Paul has requested this but he is doing it by himself because we cannot get a Democrat to help us, and so we are not going to give it to him."
"In the 20 years since its creation, the Department of Homeland Security has departed from its original mission and used its expansive authorities and funding to impede on the rights of American citize..."
"What should terrify every American is that the full extent of DHS's abuse of its power against its own citizens are still largely unknown."
"This is something that should not happen in a free country, and it is contrary to the spirit and the law of the First Amendment."
"Convincing the public to buy very expensive coffee is not the discovery of fire, but still, it deserves respect."
"Ayn Rand's Howard Roark points out the ingratitude that man has for the entrepreneur, the creator."
"I think it's disgusting."
"secrecy is the ultimate mode of regulation . . . for the citizen does not even know that he or she is being regulated."
"This is a great panel today. We rarely have an issue where both sides seem to agree on it."
"I think one suggestion would be if we were to do a bipartisan bill trying to fix this problem that we constitute a working group."
"If the Executive makes the decision it has to be appealed by Congress, Congress has to somehow be able to override, or somebody has to be able to override the Presidential decision."
"I have been to hundreds of classified hearings and never heard anything classified, and most of the important stuff is already in the newspaper."