If my police chief were at this table, he would testify that we don't want to essentially federalize our police forces...

The system is broken, and until we reform immigration as a whole, we will not be able to get past some of these loopholes that criminals are finding.

I believe these cuts and assistance send the wrong message about the U.S. interests in the region.

I can't comprehend why the administration would seek to reduce U.S. support for human rights and democracy by 25 percent.

I think DHS has a much more difficult task from day one.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, on what is, I think, one of the most important topics we can be addressing here in Congress with respect to our future.

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Con. Res. 88 offered by the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

I think the court in the gray wolf case concluded that, among other things, the State's designation of 90 percent of the State's territory as predator area for the wolf and its designation of only about 10 percent of the wolf habitat as…

Would you agree, Mr. Taylor, that makes it a juicy cyber target?

The Endangered Species Act vests the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service with authority as kind of a backstop in the event that the States don't take adequate measures to protect wildlife species within…

I want to associate myself with the remarks both of yourself and of the ranking member with respect to the Taiwan resolution.

It is a great example of actually congressional foreign policymaking that was desperately needed.

I want to thank all of you for the partnership. I think it's made a real difference in building some cohesion within the Federal Government in at least this area.

I don't think any of us on either side of this committee would ever support a willful ignoring of a legitimate subpoena from the committee.

This atrocious attack is unacceptable and unfortunately is emblematic of the constant threats that Israel faces.

The United States has never wavered on its commitment to ensuring Israel is able to defend herself against any and all threats.

One of the other concerns GAO had was we may end up, with the best of efforts notwithstanding, with nonuniform reporting standards.

I can't think of anything that would be more detrimental to Israel's long-term survivability than to have something akin to the P5+1 make a decision on how Israel should cede territory in the future to a state that is possibly not viable.

I promise I am just going to take a minute.

At the end of the day, there could be no substitute for the two parties sitting down and having direct talks if we're ever going to have peace in this corner of the world.

I echo the concerns of my colleagues about the security of Israel and the lack of balance at international institutions.

Tomorrow is the deadline by which Congress is supposed to have enacted its annual budget resolution. As a former member of the Budget Committee, I take that responsibility very seriously, and I know the Speaker, the former chairman of that…

I just would urge you quickly to help dispel this myth of you're sitting on a lot of capital you don't know what to do with.

I don't want a burden on mine. And in Virginia we pay the subsidy, my local taxpayers.

investing in the GAO is a very smart investment.