Jeff Van Drew

This is a stupid idea.

He wants to strip you of the ability to protect your family, your community, and your country.

People in America, in the United States of America, do like to have their independence. They like to have their autonomy. They like to have their freedom.

What do you think that woman was thinking after she was out there; she points a gun and shoots that guy? How will that affect her for the rest of her life?

Talk about Big Brother.

We will check that out and see what comes of it. We hope we can fix that.

China now has the world's largest coast guard, the world's largest coast guard.

We support the request for additional moneys that are in the budget and so forth.

I am in strong support of passing a comprehensive and long-term FAA reauthorization.

If Congress doesn't pass a long-term funding solution to the FAA, America is at risk of losing its competitive edge in our tech race against China, which is real.

There's no reason you can't come back next time--sorry to say there will be a next time, I believe it's up to the Chair--with specific answers.

I am most proud to say that our bill makes the William J. Hughes Technical Center permanently located in southern New Jersey.

Ben Franklin said, "Anybody that is willing to give up freedom for security deserves neither."

Thank you. And I want to thank Chairman Sam Graves, Ranking Member Cohen, Chairman Garret Graves, and Ranking Member Larsen, and this entire committee, and all of you. You have done good work on it.

We are an aerospace nation. We need to stay that way.

Nevertheless, we're still human beings, and you can still like people but thoroughly disagree with them.

This is not far-fetched, this is not fabricated, this is not something untrue.

I guess what I am asking you, at least from one Congressman to one Assistant Attorney General, could you at least look at this?

It is unfair. It is unacceptable. It is wrong.

Believe it or not, and these numbers startled me, these hidden fees cost American families as much as $1,000 a month.

Like most Americans, small business owners are struggling.

So, this costs small businesses a lot of money. It has gotten worse. It really is a problem.

Dammit, it's not in vogue to protect conservatives. They don't have the same opportunity in their university experience that every single other person does.

I swear to God you're my heroes today. I really, really am proud of you.

Do you believe in American exceptionalism?