Gary Peters

It would be better for us to look at that legislatively to prevent that from happening.

The details are important undoubtedly, but at its core this hearing is about the liberties guaranteed to us by the Constitution.

It is about our freedom to travel, our right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing today. I appreciate your continued willingness to work in a bipartisan way to take on tough questions about our core values as Americans, our rights and responsibilities as citizens, and…

As Ranking Member Peters pointed out, CBP's January 2018 guidelines allow for searches without any suspicion whatsoever.

Congress should weigh in and establish clear constitutional rules and a means for ensuring that they are applied equitably.

I think it would be an invalid exercise of the border search authority within that 100 miles.

Being from the State of Michigan, we have a lot of international border... it is a significant part.

Whether your device is searched and whether you are held should not be the result of a whim by a particular officer.

Thank you for your leadership on this issue and other issues related to privacy and constitutional protections.

It is about our right to be treated equally under the law without regard to race, national origin, or religion.

Privacy is a fundamental right that we must protect.

I am absolutely opposed to privatizing Medicare.

It is ridiculous that we are handcuffing Americans with higher costs because we are protecting profits of the pharmaceutical industry.

This bipartisan, commonsense legislation would cut red tape for emerging biotechnology companies so they can focus their resources on the critical research and development that will provide innovative treatments and save lives.

This is profoundly hideous and utterly unconstitutional that bureaucrats in the Executive Branch would have power that Madison and Company expressly gave only to the Congress.

It literally strikes from current law a requirement that a new low-yield nuclear weapon be 'specifically authorized by Congress.'

I would argue if Members of Congress think that our arsenal needs a low-yield nuclear weapon that we should debate it, we should authorize it, and do it in full view of the American people as existing law requires.

We must not shirk our constitutional responsibility in favor of political expediency.

This is not a partisan issue, nor should it be.

Voting to send our sons and daughters to war is the most important and the heaviest responsibility that a Member of Congress bears.

The power to declare war and to authorize military force is Congress' most sacred responsibility. We must reclaim it.

The greater and the tighter control you put on from the start, the more likely it is that Congress is going to retain that authority.

I can say unequivocally that the lives of survivors of sexual assault are of the utmost importance and I am certainly appalled by what happened, like every American, and we're also appalled by how the complaints were handled once they were…

We must certainly take every possible measure to ensure that a predator like Larry Nassar is never ever in a position to exploit and abuse children and young women again.