"Just a year ago, the Administration was saying, 'there is no problem, there is no problem, the southern border is secure.'"
"The Customs and Border Patrol agent did not say we need more money; he said we need to turn the spigot off."
"This is one of the most ridiculous conversations I have ever had in Congress."
"We do not need legislation to do this. We do not."
"For the last 3 years, President Biden has allowed millions and millions of people to cross the southern border illegally."
"We need to secure the southern border."
"I kind of think, Mr. Lukianoff, the First Amendment's probably worth doing six hearings. I would say 60 hearings maybe better, maybe 600."
"if you can't speak, you can't talk, you can't practice your faith, you can't share your faith, you can't petition your government, and you don't have a free press."
"we are losing even the ability to ask questions."
"If there is just one thing, we could agree on as Americans, and it goes fundamentally to conservative principles about limiting rogue government, and the danger of government, and the power of executi..."
"So, that is why it is important we have these hearings."