Jeff Duncan

The Honorable Jeff Duncan, a Representative in Congress From the State of South Carolina:

Ronald Reagan used to talk about a 'shining city on the hill.' He said if that shining city on the hill had to have walls, then it needed to have gates to allow the normal flow of goods, commerce, and natural immigration.

It is time somebody takes some fiscal responsibility here.

The Ranking Member used a term earlier, 'greedy bond markets,' but nobody forced Puerto Rico to borrow this money.

We still have not seen audited financial statements for Puerto Rico, and I think in order to make good decisions here in Congress, we need to see that and understand the ability or inability of Puerto Rico to actually pay.

Closing this detention facility has been opposed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and even members of the President's own cabinet.

The administration is emptying Guantanamo with the flimsy claim that it is a terrorist recruiting tool.

The administration often talks of detainees 'cleared for release' as if they are no longer a threat.

If someone can transit through Latin America through the tri-border region, hoping to do nefarious aims in the United States, then they could get to Mexico.

We are actually allowing interior enforcement to have a lead role in that.

I appreciate State and DHS working very well with the Paraguayans on counter-narcotics and counterterrorism efforts.

My concern on our southern border is all the areas that we are not patrolling, we are not fencing, we are not apprehending anyone.

Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy.

I am deeply saddened by the loss of life in Brussels today at the hands of evil men.

If people want to do more than just place blame, but if they want to actually try to do something to help not just Flint, but cities all over this country, then I would appreciate if they would talk to me about these bills.

My guess is, is that there is very few cities anywhere around the size of Flint that are getting that kind of money or that kind of attention to their systems, and I am glad that it is happening.

I personally have hated to see and have spoken out for years against the fact that we have spent trillions over the last 15 years in a failed effort to rebuild the Middle East, and we haven't done enough for our own country.

I think everyone should respect the apology that you have offered because I believe that everyone realizes there were mistakes made at every level here, local--the local level, the State level, the Federal level.

Do you believe or would you not agree that it is appropriate to include the State Governors in the talks of moving the terrorists into their State?

Absolutely, I think you would agree with me that we need to continue our efforts on an entry-exit visa system--entry-exit system biometrics so we know when someone enters and leaves the country.

I don't know that the administration is listening at this point to the Governors or the Members of Congress on this particular issue at this time.

I think the administration should listen to the Governors, just like they listen to the environmentalists with regard to oil and gas leases.

I agree with you on that part, that our civil liberties and Constitutional rights should not apply to terrorists just because they are brought to United States soil in captivity.

A lot of statistics we hear about visa overstays are that 49 percent of all illegals in this country are people that overstayed their visa.

I would rather pull the plug and not make the risk of an investment than to expend U.S. taxpayer dollars on a failing enterprise that has to be demolished.