100 Quotes by Will Hurd

As a former undercover CIA officer, I've worked with my colleagues in the 114th Congress to approach the growing terrorist threat from a number of angles, including addressing the issue of terrorists' ease of travel, combating terrorist recruitment strategies, and improving our own counterterrorism capabilities.

What we need is a 'Smart Wall' to solve our 21st century border problems. A Smart Wall would use sensor, radar and surveillance technologies to detect and track incursions across our border so we can deploy efficiently our most important resource, the men and women of Border Patrol, to perform the most difficult task - interdiction.

The simple fact is that when our foreign partners are more secure, so are we.

The U.S's first ballistic missile test was a complete disaster. The Atlas Missile Program, which began in the early 1950s, attempted its first ballistic missile launch on June 11, 1957. The rocket flew for 24 seconds before blowing up. It took two more years before the first successfully armed test flight took place.

The tragic conditions at detention facilities are the result of an intense surge in migration across the border.

Failed weapons tests are necessary components of the weapons development process.

As a Republican, I believe it's unfortunate that a perception still exists in the minds of some Americans that the GOP condones racism.

A China-friendly North Korea serves as a buffer between southern China and the U.S.'s sphere of influence in the region - something of which China is perpetually skeptical.

We must have real debates where disagreements exist, listen to each other, not shy away from ideas different from our own and treat people with respect.