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.

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.

What would you all say about that, anybody?

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

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 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.

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.

Venezuela is a case study for the failures of socialism.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The easiest thing in the world to do is to spend other people's money.

You can never satisfy any government agency's appetite for money or land. They always want more.

These countries are harboring terrorists.

the President has the ability to do this; it has been used from Jimmy Carter forward

the judge, this is judicial activism at its worst when the judge uses political rhetoric in his decision

The judge, this is judicial activism at its worst when the judge uses political rhetoric in his decision.

So regardless of how well USCIS and Department of State do their job on visa screening and refugee processing or whatnot, if we don't have a good biometric entry-exit system I don't think we are fulfilling the wishes of the American people.

Forty-nine percent of all illegal aliens in this country are visa overstays. Forty-nine percent.

That is low-hanging fruit. We know the names of these folks; we know where they were going in most cases.