It became clear to me that I could no longer be associated with the Republican Party that leadership does not stand up and say the process the election is over. It's over today.

I think we need to focus on more civility. Frankly, we need to address problems that we have in this country and you can't do that when you are name-calling.

Identity politics are destructive to this country. They are separating us from our solutions to problems.

Inflammatory statements targeting anyone on the base of their ethnicity or origin are wrong.

There should be, in some manner, sanctions upon states that fail to manage their program, because it is other people's money.

The United States must indict Raul Castro and co-conspirators under U.S. law for the Brothers to the Rescue murders.

Cuba will never be China or Vietnam of the Americas. It is an island of 10 million people run by bad and corrupt central planners.

Removing Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list was a grave mistake and, based on the public record, reckless.

Justice for the victims of the Brothers to the Rescue shoot-down is a linchpin case for other Americans seeking justice for a wide range of crimes committed by Cuban outlaws.

I take it as a tremendous responsibility and obligation to do all that I can to prepare you for when that day comes.

So if you really want to address this problem, people have to understand that they have more to gain by being patriotic together than by fighting each other for scraps.

I am astonished, and frankly a little offended, with your comment that somehow there is not a joint economic interest...

I am frankly astonished that there wasn't something done in the regulation to in fact address that.

How do we get this balance between avoiding the problem that Mr. Knight said, you get these battlefield gains and then you leave, and then you lose them all.

the military will do the job we give them to do. They will do it with honor, professionalism, and integrity.

I think the consensus is that the integrity of our election is a national infrastructure issue.

I came to the hearing today in admittedly the naive hope that we'd actually talk about regulatory improvement and streamlining and not simply the political environment.

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle say they don't want to be this political process and then immediately proceed to suggest or directly indicate that any action that you take to repeal regulations has some stealth political aim…

I think there needs to be a concerted effort in the U.S. to make sure that U.S. innovation continues to play a leadership role in that space.

Do any of you believe that the executive orders has in some way hindered your ability to effectively protect the American people?

I have seen firsthand the data proving the security effectiveness of canines in mitigating the rapidly evolving threat landscape facing America's transportation systems.

A strong domestic breeding industry not only makes all of us safer but creates new jobs and opportunities in our communities.

Clearly it is in Michigan, and we need to not only talk about what we are--how we are assessing them, but how we are supporting them and are we getting improvements or are we just spinning our wheels and students are being lost?

It represented the largest devolution of Federal control to the States in a quarter century.