Mitt Romney

I would note that prior to COVID, I believe the economy was at a record level of growth and record levels of low unemployment for minorities and for the entire population.

53 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all. Should that number get higher?

The top 10 percent earn 40 percent of the income and are paying 71 percent of the taxes.

Corporations are people, my friend. Of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people.

I would think that, as we think about the policies that we want to have with regards to childrearing, that we would give authority to the parents to make that decision as opposed to an administration to make it for them.

A number of Republicans said--Senator Rubio and myself and others have introduced legislation that would provide for paid maternity leave, but do so without imposing new costs on taxpayers or employers.

I think there is an urgent need to rethink our immigration system.

Do you have plans to do something dramatically different such that those numbers come down to an acceptable level?

I mean, do you recognize this as an alarming crisis?

We have challenges here we cannot solve that we have been working on for years.

Well, propose a new law. I mean, we have a crisis both for children.

I must admit that I have found this hearing to be stunning in that it seems, Mr. Secretary, that you are proud of the progress being made by the administration, that things are going well at the border.

I find that extraordinary and extremely damning.

At this stage, we are all here listening and, frankly, wondering why cannot we move as quickly as Russia and China.

I think it would be helpful to have that available to the--not only Congress but to the American people and the people of the world as to what our priorities are.

Is there a written plan at this stage saying what our priorities are country by country?

I mean, the President has put forward over $6 trillion dollars of legislation bills in his first 100 days.

Ronald Reagan made it clear that calling our party a big tent was more likely to draw people in, and that’s what we needed to win elections. If you narrow the tent to a pup tent, you make it less likely that we win elections. And I can’t…

Every person of conscience draws a line beyond which they will not go. Liz Cheney refuses to lie.

Every person of conscience draws a line beyond which they will not go. Liz Cheney refuses to lie.

You might call me an old fashioned Republican. I am. I’ve been in our party -- oh, yes, you can boo all you want, but I’ve been a Republican all my life. Now, you know me as a person who says what he thinks, and I don’t hide the fact that…

Aren't you embarrassed? Really? Aren't you ashamed at what you're doing?

You know me as a person who says what he thinks and I don't hide the fact that I wasn't a fan of our last president's character issues.

Aren't you embarrassed?

You have caused this.