Federal judges really don't sentence folks. They just stick something in a computer, and it comes out and tells them what they are supposed to do--no discretion, no common sense.

Do you know of any place in the United States where people have offered to house Gitmo detainees in the United States?

Would it seem to you that Mexico has the responsibility to protect their borders from illegal weapons coming in, just like we have the responsibility to keep drugs out of our country?

I was somewhat disturbed that the Attorney General came in here and I asked him what he thought terrorism was and he could not give me an answer.

Isn't it true that there have been at least 100,000 members of the military that deserted and most of them took their weapons?

Of course profiling a person based on race is abhorrent to our system, but we must also deal with the reality of the problems that we have with illegals that have committed crimes in this country.

I see. Wouldn't you agree with the statement that we dance with the ones who brung us?

I think, of course, in the long term, the best solution is for the parties to get involved and solve the problem rather than having the government swoop in and make decisions that usually--in many cases, I will say--both sides are…

I think we ought to have a discussion on whether that is a good idea or not.

I would hope there would be a study on this to see what the bottom line is.

I appreciate all of you being here, especially appreciate the passion with which you try to educate us on this Committee.