I just want to say, Mr. Dodaro, I think you do a very good job, and I appreciate the work the GAO does.

I am concerned with the whole Schengen open travel, open border region and visa waiver and the ability of foreign fighters to flow to this country.

I would say that al-Qaeda, ISIS, al-Qaeda in all of its elements, AQAP, AQ MINA, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, Abu Sayyaf--all these terrorist groups are still active, right?

In a post-Snowden environment, where I believe the reason Germany was slow to inform the French or the Belgians was because of intelligence sharing.

If trade and lifting the sanctions is seen as a cure-all of foreign policy for the Obama administration with regard to oppressive regimes like Cuba, then why did the administration impose more sanctions on Venezuela the very same week as…

I want to associate myself with your remarks and those of the gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, emphasizing my deep concern for the President's lack of transparency.

I think you were surprised over the Cuba talks and you weren't brought in or read into it until late in the discussions.

What was negotiated in this? Freedom of speech? Freedom of religion? Economic freedom? Freedom of assembly and protest?

I remain deeply skeptical of the Obama administration's unilateral Cuba policy shift.

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her leadership on this issue, not just today, but for her whole tenure in Congress. As the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, I was grateful to see the…

I don't guess it is politically correct to say Cuba is a rogue regime, but I am going to keep them on the list because I don't believe a tiger changes his stripes that quickly.

I think it is the elephant in the room that nobody really wants to talk about, and that is fact that we prematurely left Iraq...

I think success against ISIS is reclaiming all the land in Iraq that we lost so much American blood and American treasure liberating.

I believe actual data of counting fish and talking to the fishermen work better than these computer models.

I think one of the biggest problems with getting any kind of immigration issues passed through the United States Congress is a lack of trust of the American people in the administration to enforce the laws.

It comes as no surprise that I disagree with the President and what he has done with this Executive Action.

So why aren't we repatriating these people?

I think Congress can pass a bill when the American people start regaining trust in the administration to actually do their job and enforce the laws that are already on the books.

I hope everyone that heard the mission of the Salvation Army will think a little bit differently this Christmas when they hear the bells ringing.

That is tough to do in these days, where the public doesn't trust the Government, getting their acceptance of a level of data collection, regardless.

I appreciate the effort taken on behalf of all of those involved to have this important field hearing.

These cyber threats don't simply threaten businesses and individuals that use the internet.

This is an official Congressional hearing, as opposed to a town hall meeting.

I kindly wish to remind our guests today that demonstrations from the audience... are violations of the rules of the House of Representatives.

I want to encourage everyone to walk around this beautiful campus, walk around Bowman Field, look back up at Tillman Hall, and stay around until tomorrow and watch the Tigers beat Georgia State.