Mike McCaul

You withdrew from essential agreements with our allies that were stemming the scourge of human trafficking and the flow of lethal drugs through Central America, and I think that's both shameful and preventable.

I can commit, as I have committed to the chairman, to find a way to make sure that this committee gets the information that it rightly needs to conduct its oversight.

Iran is very, very close to a nuclear weapon, and I'll simply point out that the prior president pulled out of the JCPOA without a plan to do anything to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon.

It's very important that they be front and center.

I appeal again to you to redesignate them as a CPC country.

We need to look at every type of pressure we could bring to bear.

The sovereignty issue is the biggest, in my opinion.

I believe this committee and the American people after what happened--for God sakes after what happened in that dreadful August need to see this cable and, sir, we need you to respond, and if you fail I am prepared to serve you with a…

I think the American people need to see this.

The suicide bomber was--that we had him in our sights.

The American people deserve answers and they want people to be held accountable for that.

I will not rest, Christy, until we get answers, until people are held accountable for what happened to your daughter and the other servicemen and women and the Afghans.

An intelligence bulleting went out describing the suicide bomber.

We cannot allow that to happen, sir. I want to work with you.

They see it that way. They have Auschwitz in their backyard.

That's more than who died in the Vietnam War and its an attack on our young people.

Now even your own Border Patrol admit have operational control of the border.

But we have to make it clear to them what a nuclear Iran would mean and we have to support Israel in that fight.

What are we doing to stop this and are we giving the Iranians a strong message that a nuclear Iran is not acceptable?

I think we should be doing the same thing with Taiwan. We need to arm them and prepare them to provide deterrence.

Taiwan is not prepared. We have no joint military exercises.

I personally think Chairman Xi is going to try to influence the election.

The threat of communist China cannot be overstated. They are the number-one threat long term to our national security.

History proves when you project strength you get peace. But when you project weakness it does invite aggression and war.

Christians are the most persecuted religion on the planet, and that includes here in this country as well.