"What people do not know is the role that fentanyl has played: a 4,000-percent increase in fentanyl overdose deaths in my home State in the last 5 years alone."
"Will you commit today to rapidly implement that legislation, working with the post office, to be sure we do not continue to have people who are dying from this disease who do not have to die because w..."
"The national security exception is to protect and preserve the national security. That is its sole purpose."
"I do think with regard to steel, you can make an argument that, as to certain countries and certain products, there is a national security issue."
"The Trade Security Act is a bipartisan bill, and it is trying to make good on those words of that chair of the Ways and Means Committee: let us focus on national security."
"I think we have to be very careful here, particularly with regard to our allies, because national security is ultimately about us having a concern about enemies, not allies."
"I think there is actually some consensus building around what I consider the misuse of section 232."
"Because if you could, in fact, expedite these cases, it is much more likely they can be handled properly."
"I want to thank DOJ this morning because we just learned this morning that the seventh defendant in the Marion case pled guilty yesterday to trafficking charges."
"I think it is important to prioritize those cases for all the reasons you said, but we also have to prioritize all the cases."
"This is a really important hearing. It is a tough issue, really difficult issue, because we are balancing kids coming into our country who we all have compassion for with our immigration system."