"If China, Russia, North Korea, or any of our adversaries had, in fact, infiltrated USAGM, they could not possibly have done more harm to America's interests than Mr. Pack has, in fact, done on his own."
"Well, it is that notion of truth."
"this is a totalitarian movement that seeks power in Afghanistan."
"what you're selling us is not peace; it is a fairy tale."
"it strikes me as incredibly naive."
"We have to be investing in the economic sphere, in the aid and assistance sphere."
"We have gone from actually providing conditions to the Saudi, from serious people like General Jim Mattis, to having you sit here and tell us that the new and improved policy is we are giving them a t..."
"if we find out at some point that you or any other official in the State Department has changed that analysis, it would be an incredibly serious matter and, personally, I would consider you to face pe..."
"Why did you spend 2 months deliberating and executing a decision to use this emergency declaration when you could have gotten the sale through in a month?"
"Why was that recommendation moved to the classified annex of the report? Why is that classified?"
"Sir, if you were teaching me to drive for 5 years and I continued to hit passersby, continued to total my car, would you continue to give me the keys?"