Tom Marino

This agreement is so terrible for American working families that it is being sold as good national security policy.

We have to avoid the tendency of many countries to go looking for dragons to slay.

Counterterrorism is you are dealing with monsters who kill innocent women and children...

We are not trying to eliminate violent extremists. That is not what is attacking our families...

What has happened is radical Islamic terrorists have declared war on the United States and on Western civilization...

I think that quite often this administration is mistaking the fight against radical Islamic terrorists...

We're going to need a detention facility for fanatical terrorists whose processing in the U.S. legal system is unwarranted and simply is not feasible.

If the administration was spending as much time working to capture and detain ISIS fighters as it was trying to close down this facility at Guantanamo Bay, we would be more secure.

I see no interest in changing that law--certainly not by the American people--and our laws must be honored.

If we want to continue to be the world leader in international trade, we must continue to prioritize these kinds of issues.

I do not think is logical.

Congress legislates, and I yield back my time.

I was more so pointing to examples of manufacturing jobs in my district, which is a rural district and a farming district.

There has to be a cost analysis in here taking into consideration the jobs

Some of the greatest reward in my career has been when I have hired someone that literally was working at a fast food restaurant and we gave him a job opportunity; he improved his standard of living, bought his first house, had his first…

And I agree with you, particularly in the natural gas aspect, one of the most clean-burning fossil fuels that we have. I mean, we should be building an infrastructure on that.

You think we should be demonstrating to the world, to China, who keeps pumping out the burning coal, at the risk of us losing jobs?

The regulations are just crushing jobs in my district.

I do believe that humans do create pollution problems, but I do not agree with the extent that is, I think, being propagated out there.

Gentlemen, there is no one that is more concerned about the environment as I do. I live out in the country. I get my water from the ground. I have children, and I want to protect them with my life.

I would urge those two countries to think seriously about this.

The only thing that is going to get China's attention is if those two countries, Japan and South Korea, seriously consider nuclear programs of their own.

It is time for strategic clarity. We must be proactive in our efforts.

I am proud to vote for that, and I think it is a good start. But I think much more to be done, and that is why we are here today.

Count me in that category.