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.

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 nothing.

I appreciate--because I hear it a lot from Administration folks, that they cannot discuss an ongoing investigation.

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.

National security and public safety are the preeminent functions of government. National security and public safety are not simply factors to be considered in the administration of some broader policy objective. National security and…

May I inquire how much time remains for both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Duncan of Tennessee). The gentleman from South Carolina has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 4 minutes remaining.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time until such time as my friend from Michigan has closed.

I think the President may have said it was a mistake. You have said that it was a mistake.

I will be happy to help you understand that, Madam Secretary.

It's interesting to juxtapose Libya with Syria.

We should be genuinely trying to inquire about how we can gather more information.

And the reality is that after 17 months we have nothing new to tell the families. We have nothing new to tell the American people.