Pete Hoekstra: “I yield 3 minutes to a colleague from the Intelligence Committee, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Everett).”

The bridge is obviously going to open," Hoekstra told CBC News and the New York Times at the July 4 party. "We all want it open. There are some things that we're working through and we'll get those resolved I think relatively quickly.

I’m optimistic we open the bridge relatively soon

Not taking the president of the United States serious — do that at your own risk.

Canada is serving as the bank for the bridge.