Mark Meadows actually said...

"We could solve corporate espionage tomorrow. We could solve kidnapped children tomorrow, in a month--one Executive order."

"I don't like to employ sanctions. But there is a number of other tools that the Goldman Act allows the State Department to employ that they haven't done."

"I made a living in soft diplomacy so I understand the benefits of soft diplomacy but I also understand when it doesn't work."

"The frustration becomes is--and the reason for the Goldman Act originally was the type of soft diplomacy that you have described."