"The consent decree was a shocking action on the part of the Department of Justice."
"On May 28 of this year, Chairman Goodlatte sent a letter to now Attorney General Lynch demanding that she explain DOJ's role."
"Not only does this place ICE agents and officers at greater risk when they are forced to arrest criminal aliens who are no longer in a secure jail facility"
"I hope you will convey back to them our concern, that the Congress has just passed CARA legislation, designed to try to deal with the addiction epidemic in our country."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"Without objection, the document will be made a part of the record."
"I don't apologize for asking how we fix that, when I see gag orders issued by the Pentagon."
"What really makes me mad about this whole sorry episode is that the IRS subpoenas information from taxpayers all the time..."
"A vast majority of Americans believe today that our country is headed in the wrong direction, and they want us, the people elected by them, just to fix it."
"I would just again urge, and I want to be on the record every time we talk, that we need a public hearing so that people understand how serious we are taking the policing in America issue."
"When we look at the array of agencies and departments within the Federal Government, only a certain number carry out a mission that is explicitly called for in the Constitution."