Press Releases
"Only when we are equipped with the facts can we mobilize to effectively prevent violent crime — a goal we all share. . . . We must understand what different firearms do and how they function if we want to have effective laws to prevent gun violence. I can’t imagine anyone here today would advocate for legislation that does not actually make our families safer, but that’s where I fear we’re headed."
"We — as Congress and as Americans — are nothing without the rule of law and its fair and uniform enforcement. The wholesale condemnation of law enforcement is highly counter-productive."
". . . it is critical that tools to defeat terrorism remain available to our national security and intelligence community who work tirelessly to protect our country and secure the freedoms we cherish. "Several of those tools are set to expire on December 15th. It is our duty to reauthorize these authorities. Otherwise, the authorities revert back to our national security posture before 9/11, and I don’t think anyone wants that."
"This committee has done close to nothing to substantively advance the ball with its so-called 'investigation.' It has failed to follow up with the vast majority of witnesses it first contacted in March. As a result of the committee’s March inquisition, the committee has in its possession close to zero documents that had not been already provided to Congress in other oversight matters. The committee has conducted one single deposition in over six months, and it got the Democrats nothing new."