Ted Cruz

Against this real threat, our Nation is committed to the security of South Korea and to our national interests.

The Kim Jong-un regime is dangerous and has the capability, especially with an ever-increasing asymmetric threat, to attack South Korea with little or no warning.

We know how real the North Korean threat is as 4 years ago tomorrow, North Korea fired a torpedo sinking the South Korean ship Cheonan killing 46 sailors.

I guess another potential area to deal with that threat is to improve our capacity with regard to missile defense.

Would you agree that, right now, the risk is unacceptably high, in terms of the impact of an EMP attack?

It seems to me there are a great many other areas in the DOD budget that ought to be much higher candidates for cuts.

I am very troubled by these cuts, diminishing our ability to defend our national security.

First, sustain and strengthen the alliance.

I truly have to tell you that overall I have never seen a more dedicated professional group of men and women that risk their lives.

I would also like to thank you for your advocacy and involvement with the justice system.

I would be interested, in the judgment of the Bureau of Prisons, what is the affirmative value of solitary confinement? In what circumstances should it be employed? And what are the risks, what are the downsides to using it as a tool in…

I think everyone here shares a number of common objectives: wanting to ensure that all Federal prisoners are held in a humane manner that respects their inherent dignity as human beings.

I appreciate your decades of service, and as someone who spent a significant portion of my adult life in law enforcement, I certainly am grateful, as I am sure is every Member of this Committee, for the service of the many employees of the…

There will always be a need for a prison within a prison. Some offenders will need to be isolated to provide a secure environment for both staff and offenders.

We all understand that, as professionals, the movement is to this is not the right way we should be treating people.

I had the opportunity to represent John Thompson, who is another individual who was wrongfully convicted of murder.

We have to shine the light in the darkest of places and the most restrictive areas of Government control.

I would like to thank each of the witnesses for coming here and for giving your testimony.

This issue is an issue that raises complicated issues because you have got conflicting interests.

I think the odds are unacceptably high and this current path is exceedingly dangerous for our national security.

I'm very concerned that the JPA we're going down with Iran is making the same mistakes that the United States made with respect to North Korea.

Given that these terrorists are professing allegiance to al Qaeda, at least portions of them are led by Kumu and others with ties directly to bin Laden, and given that they murdered four Americans, does it make sense that we should be in…

It is not our intention to ban movies or ban books or ban the NAACP from speaking.

I want to say thank you to both the witnesses for joining us today.

This amendment would fundamentally abridge the free speech protections of the First Amendment.