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“Congress has the constitutional authority to investigate the other agencies of government. We are the watchdogs of the taxpayer's money, and we have the right to know how that money is being spent and to conduct oversight over the government.”
“With President Obama restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, the immigration preferential treatment given to Cubans... no longer makes sense.”
“Why should guns be treated different than toasters? If your defective product injures somebody, you're responsible for it.”
“We've got the power of the purse in the Congress.”
“I cannot ignore this reality, and I encourage my all colleagues to join me in this fight to end modern day slavery in our own backyard.”
“In cutting government, we cut a huge variety of programs, a lot of which I would have liked to see increase, and a lot of which I'd like to see decreased more.”
“As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do is put the brakes on. Imagine going real fast in a Flintstones car, and my heel is out there. I went to Washington to change the world, and all I can do is put my heel out.”
“Why is it every time there is a tragedy in the U.S., President Obama blames the gun rather than the criminal?”
“In an urban area, you're not going to be an hour away from another post office.”
“I think a fair amount of my votes were 'not-for-Ortiz,' votes and I'm going to have to work hard to earn the 'for Blake' votes.”
“I've got a quad copter on my Christmas list, as I suspect quite a few people do.”
“I believe that the kids are innocent victims in this. We spent money educating them. Many of them don't speak a word of Spanish, and we're thinking of deporting them. That doesn't make sense.”
“My subcommittee will be thoroughly investigating this issue and demanding answers from Census officials on allegations that the Census Bureau is changing the wording of survey questions used to determine our nation's annual report on health insurance coverage.”
“I understand that, for some, everything is political.”
“The pro-immigration people are really having a fit saying that I don't care about the children.”
“Hillary Clinton and her media machine try to dismiss, but anybody who understands anything about how email works - and this is millennials in particular, who grew up on the Internet - know that you're an idiot to keep sensitive information on a server in your house.”
“I did vote to defund the Obama program that defers deporting the so-called DREAMers, because that was the president's decision, and the president shouldn't unilaterally get to decide what laws to enforce or not enforce.”
“It's about going to where your voters are.”
“There is no Republican out there who wants a Hillary Clinton presidency.”
“I think it's really tough being in Donald Trump's shoes, when you've got the media looking to put the worst possible spin to everything that you say.”