"I would almost say that we are all working to put ourselves out of business, but we realize the challenges that we are facing."
"I hope that we can work against H.R. 1--at least, I want to work against it in terms of those potential cuts."
"I am concerned as I notice the H.R. 1, and I just jumped from your fiscal year 2012 budget to H.R. 1 and saw that you would actually lose under this budget some 50 percent in technology and tactical c..."
"Increased American military action in Yemen only causes blowback and increases the recruiting appeal of AQAP."
"I have been on this committee since its origins, since it was considered a select committee on homeland security post hours after 9/11."
"the notion that is underneath the surface of pitting African-American workers against Hispanic workers and immigrants is so abhorrent and repulsive to me"
"I think it is almost night and day for the work that you have been able to do over the last, say, 8 years as we look back on a previous Administration."
"I think intellectual property theft is directly connected to American jobs, and I am ravaged about the jobs lost because of intellectual property violations."
"I am a believer that the genius of America is founded in small businesses and minority businesses."
"It can't get any better than this."
"Small businesses, minority-owned businesses create jobs."