Jeff Duncan

I mean, if it is a disruptive person with law enforcement, that is a different situation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just yesterday morning at the Knoxville Airport, the plane we were supposed to fly on to Washington--a wing clipped a baggage truck.

Americans are the kindest, most generous, most sympathetic people in the world, but we simply can't open our borders and just take in everybody who wants to come...

I have always heard that the worst thing that can never happen to you is to outlive one of your children.

We don't want to see Iran increase its power or increase its ability to project power, whether against our interests or against our allies like Israel and Jordan.

What are the U.S. national security interests that are at stake in Syria and how do these Syria-specific interests relate to broader U.S. regional or global interests?

Do you believe that Iran is emboldened based on the Iranian deal that gave them $400 billion plus that they could use to export terrorism to finance Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations?

I was appalled at your comments the first day, sent a letter the morning of the next day, April 11th.

We have been focused on the Southwest Border for a long time for interdiction of smuggling and narcotrafficking.

I rise to support all the measures before the Foreign Affairs Committee this morning

What would you all say about that, anybody?

But I can tell you I very much favor medical research, and I appreciate the work that you all are doing.

I mean, you know, if we sit around, we let that happen, we're going to destroy the country, I mean, basically.

Several years ago, I was the first one to cosponsor a bill to give the NIH a 100 percent increase in funding over a 5-year period.

I'm so sorry because we all have so many meetings, and I really am sorry that I couldn't get here for all of your testimony.

I want to thank Ms. Love for being here, and with that kind of passion for the subject, you are welcome back to any committee hearing we have any time.

We have got to keep on this and do all we can to help the people of Venezuela, because they are suffering at the hands of a really failed system.

I want to urge President Trump to prioritize the release of Joshua Holt and continue U.S. vigilance in countering the Venezuelan Government's activities in drug trafficking, organized crime, and assistance to Islamist militants.

Venezuela is a case study for the failures of socialism.

We really do have to guard our democracy. And I said that we sometimes I think take it for granted...

If you want to keep something private, don't put it into a computer; write it out and hand deliver it.

I think most people who have read this report... would wonder if we're ending up in a Federal police state.

It seems to me that the FBI needs to step back and take another look at this GAO report.

I wonder if we've reached a point where there's no reasonable expectation about privacy about anything.

I have a bill in that gives an incentive award that lets the Department keep half the money that they save.