Mike McCaul

I said I would consider accommodation but only if the Ambassador briefed every member of this committee, Democrats and Republicans, in a classified setting.

We need to use whatever leverage we can to promote inter-Afghan dialog.

The Taliban must agree to separate from al-Qaida, something they have indicated they would do, and renounce violence including against the Afghan people or government.

The Taliban must pledge that Afghanistan will never be used again as a base to plan attacks against the United States and our allies.

The Taliban hosted and protected al-Qaida both pre-9/11, on 9/11, and after 9/11.

The Taliban will offer any number of commitments, knowing that when we were gone and the Taliban is back, we will have no means of enforcing any of them.

Counterterrorism and homeland security became our top priority.

We do have Article 1 constitutional oversight responsibilities and we do deserve that respect.

We owe it to future generations of Americans who do not want to see our country entrenched in endless war.

I think that is correct, and if it--the problem with the Taliban they live in the mountains and the desert...

But sometimes, you have to deal with the world the way it is and there is not a whole lot of great choices here.

I commend State on what is a very difficult negotiation. We all understand the drill here. The Taliban are not very nice people.

There is no military solution to end the fighting in Afghanistan.

Let me first say at the outset--express, Mr. Chairman, my disappointment that the Secretary of Homeland Security, the FBI director, and the director of NCTC is not here today.

Let's not make the same mistake in Afghanistan.

We need to find solutions for a lot of these incubating factories that is feeding these groups and make them recruit.

We need to engage in countering the sectarian elements by cohesive diplomatic initiative, and solving a lot of these problems there.

If you support a terrorist group that kills civilians, then you should be subject to U.S. sanctions.

The idea of foreign influence in our elections, as Mr. Perry said, is really nothing new. And we should object to it at any point in our history.

I hope that we can agree that the status quo in which 11 million people are denied their basic rights by Cuba's authoritarian regime is an injustice.

99.7 percent accuracy?

It is significant. I mean, it is an absolute vulnerability that, as we have seen, terrorists can exploit.

This is unacceptable. It is not fair to expect certain people in our society to shoulder a disproportionate burden of the technology's shortcoming.

Despite advancement in recent years, studies by highly-regarded academic institutions have found facial recognition systems in particular are not as accurate for women and darker-skinned individuals.

Americans want to know that, if the Government collects their biometric data, they are going to keep it secure from hackers and other bad actors.