“I was a federal prosecutor when we exercised powers under the Patriot ...” — Michael McCaul Quote

“I was a federal prosecutor when we exercised powers under the Patriot Act or under the FISA court.”

“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.”

“What I'm concerned about are two things. I think one that John Miller talked about, and that's the radicalization over the Internet that ISIS is very adept at doing. The other one is a foreign fighter threat.”

“Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.”

“My father was a patriot.”

“You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.”