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"I’m not troubled by the expansion of ICE detention to respond to a border security crisis, and I’m not troubled by the need to detain certain individuals, especially criminals, during the removal process. What’s troubling to me is congressional inaction in the face of a crisis. What’s troubling to me are jurisdictions that don’t honor ICE detainers, releasing removable criminals back onto the streets of our communities. What’s troubling to me is rhetoric that paints ICE law enforcement officers as heartless and inhuman."
"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."