Lindsey Graham

If Iraq falls and Iran dominates the south, and this group, ISIS, owns the Sunni territory all the way from Aleppo to Baghdad, Kurdistan breaks away, that would create economic chaos in the region, which would affect us here at home.

I was offended by an attempt, by administration officials to try to make the case that releasing those five Taliban leaders might seem - be seen in some way as a gesture of good will or reconciliation in post-war Afghanistan.

And an American citizen could be a very valuable asset to al Qaeda. Is that correct?

And that the enemy is actively trying to penetrate our backyard, recruiting American citizens?

I hope we will reconsider that policy.

Do you agree that homegrown terrorism is one of the things that keep you up at night?

Well, I just want to thank Chairman Whitehouse. I have never known anyone more knowledgeable about the subject matter and who had a real zeal to do something about it, so I look forward to seeing if we can get our bill over the finish line…

One of the things that America always has had going for her is that we are pretty innovative and we are always thinking outside the box.

And if we had laws on our books that would hold a country or an individual acting on behalf of a nation state liable for engaging in that kind of theft, do you think it would make doing business easier overseas?

We seem to have two challenges: Protecting the Nation against what I think is an inevitable cyber attack on a large scale that is coming.

Count me in the camp of putting retirement on the table, making it more sustainable, more efficient, but still generous.

I am asking Congress to keep an open mind to our veterans organizations.

No amount of personnel reform is going to save the military from being a hollow force if you do not fix sequestration.

I want to give them more, not less.

To build a partnership with a democratic and pro-American Libya that contributes to the expansion of security, prosperity and freedom across a pivotal region at a time of revolutionary change.

The only reason I mentioned diluting plutonium is because it was the only option that would have been cheaper.

I'm for two things. I'm for modernized weapons and I'm for getting some of this stuff off the table.

I want the MOX program to go forward because there is no viable alternative.

We're talking about thousands of warheads that are going to be taken off the table, and that's very much at risk if we start over.

That cannot be the way we deal with the State of South Carolina.

So, Madam Chairman, South Carolina said: We will take this highly toxic 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium...

So, number one, I don't accept for 1 minute this $25 billion.

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate what you have done to help us in South Carolina keep this program on track.

I'd like to first acknowledge the Administration's commitment to the Yarn Forward Rule of Origin for textiles and apparel in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

I think most consumers want as much as they can get as cheap as they can get it, right? At least I do.