Michael McCaul

“I think it's important to note that after the airstrikes began in Iraq and Syria, ISIS began a very aggressive social media campaign calling for these types of attacks, these lone wolf attacks.”

“We're dealing with an enemy now, ISIS, that has a very sophisticated social media program.”

“Do we want a back door in an iPhone where the government can go in to track movements if they have probable cause? I know the director of the FBI and local law enforcement want that capability.”

“Libya is a failed state and becoming a launching pad for external operations, as is Sinai in Egypt.”

“We're trying to find needles in the haystack, and the needles are going dark, and it's because of this phenomenon we can't track their movements.”

“We do a very good job at fixing broken bodies but not such a great job at healing broken minds with our returning veterans.”

“I know there's a lot of discussion about building a 2000-mile wall. I think we need to complete the Secure Fencing Act, but we need greater technology and aviation aspects down on the Southwest border so we can see the threat from the sky. Until you can see it, you don't know where it's coming from and how to correctly stop it.”

“I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.”

“The dark space is one of the biggest concerns on the part of counterterrorism officials right now. Comey did a good job of explaining how they jump into a direct messaging box and then go into platforms designed specifically to be secure. There's no way, even if we have a lawful court order, to be able to access those communications.”

“My number one objective continues to be to defund or delay the implementation of Obamacare. But as long as any piece of this law is standing, it needs to apply to all Americans equally, and that includes members of Congress and our staff.”

“The sad fact is, because we've had a failed policy and failed leadership, now we're having to rely on Russians and the Iranians to go into Syria to fight and destroy ISIS.”

“200,000 ISIS tweets a day, 1,000 investigations in all 50 states. It's really hard to stop all of it. But we have to get control over this Internet propaganda that is poisoning the minds of the United States.”

“I want to give the American people assurances that we are protecting them.”

“Remember, the Boston bombers were Chechen rebels.”

“I think there's kind of a simplistic, kind of knee-jerk response that all you have to do is build a 2,000-mile wall, and problem solved.”

“Anything I can do to help destroy ISIS, I will support that.”

“I'm very disturbed about the uptick in shootings and violence at our military installations across the nation.”

“I take ISIS at its word. When they said, in their words, 'We'll use and exploit the refugee crisis to infiltrate the West,' that concerns me.”

“We worry a lot about ISIS traveling overseas from Syria to the United States, but I think one of the greatest fears are those already within the U.S. who are being radicalized and inspired by the ISIS propaganda that's out there on the Internet.”

“We're a compassionate nation.”