"The number one function of government is public safety."
"But I have got to stress--at least in my district--what will undercut people's generosity of spirit quicker than anything else is fraud."
"How can the President say there's not a smidgen of criminality, when Lois Lerner invoked the Fifth Amendment?"
"I wish one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would ask the President how in the world he concluded no criminality."
"I think undermines the hard work that the men and woman of your Department do."
"Maybe they need ankle bracelets, Mr. Chairman. Maybe we need other monitoring processes to help them."
"let us make sure that if somebody really fears death that America is still a safe beacon for them to be here."
"I look forward in 2014 to working with you, Mr. Chaffetz, and you, Mr. Chairman, and everybody on both sides of the aisle."
"We ought to be able to agree that we don't want people gaming the system, and we don't want fraud."
"How can you be credibly fearful of returning to a country that you just voluntarily returned to?"
"It undercuts the credibility of people who have legitimate claims when you demagogue it and you politicize it."
"I am debating the logic of returning to a country that you are so fearful of that you want to permanently stay in another country."