Cutting taxes again by multi-trillion dollars is not going to make that easier.

the language around it, you know, the portion of it that said, well, we will give preference to Christians over Muslims, the degree to which it was called a, quote, 'Muslim ban,' which did come out of some people's mouths, the way we do…

The incredible importance of alliances... alarms me slightly about the 'America first' approach.

We face an incredibly complex threat environment.

I have enjoyed working with you, respect the way you run the committee, and I look forward to an interesting year.

I think the fact that we work together in a bipartisan way to produce a very important product every year makes this committee, frankly, unique in the House at this point.

All Americans should be deeply concerned by the reports that Russian agencies have interfered with a U.S. election.

The first duty of the United States Government is to safeguard the American people and the integrity of our free society from attacks by foreign adversaries.

Given the gravity of these unprecedented attacks by a foreign state, we need a Congressional investigation that is truly bipartisan.

It takes a network to defeat a network.

I think the most important thing you said there and something that we need to more clearly include in our national security strategy is the building of partners because that is the only way we confront those threats.