"There is no legal right to emigrate to the United States. It's a privilege that we confer on people, but it is not a right."
"If all of that was true, how did we miss the lady in San Bernardino?"
"So we have someone willing and capable of killing 14 people, and there was nothing in her background that this administration says we missed."
"We can either tell the American people that our process and our systems are flawed, and that we have missed information that is otherwise available, or we can just tell our fellow citizens, we missed ..."
"Well, this is the frustration that I face, is I listen to an administration call for additional gun laws."
"Many of the people I work for are particularly concerned about the prospect of a terrorist being resettled in our communities through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program."
"I appreciate--because I hear it a lot from Administration folks, that they cannot discuss an ongoing investigation."
"Your emails are no less or no more important than the emails of anyone else."
"That may be smart politics, but it is a lousy way to run a serious investigation."
"We are the greatest experiment in self-governance the world has ever known."
"We are going to find the truth, because there is no statute of limitations on the truth."
"You can tell your family it's a terrorist attack, but not the American people."