Paul Gosar Quotes

Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.

Pandemics happen. When they do, they change the world.

'Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.

After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.

From the beginning, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has presented very difficult challenges.

Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic.

The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings.

Illegal immigrants make a rational choice when they decide to violate our immigration laws. They weigh the costs, including the risks of getting caught, against the benefits of a better life.

This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... It has cholera.

The recent, single-year influx of unaccompanied minors from foreign countries into the United States is a direct result of President Obama's policies of encouraging amnesty and failing to enforce existing immigration laws.

If a nation's security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be our weakest link and could have a serious impact on our nation's immigration policy.

In spite of the advances of medicine, deathly epidemics are more menacing than ever before.

Global pandemics---whether naturally occurring or intentionally spread---pose a greater threat than most man-made weapons of mass destruction.

The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.

Before ICE, we had Immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then, once ICE was established, we really kind of militarized that enforcement to a degree that was previously unseen in the United States.

We are ramping up security in the United States but also looking at visa applicants, visa waiver applicants - and looking at travel manifests on the airplanes trying to come into the United States.

The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.

Abolishing ICE means abandoning our borders and leaving them open to anyone. That's just irresponsible and certainly not in the best interest of the American people and their security.

The world is sick.

Humankind is no stranger to calamitous outbreaks of diseases.

Let me clear, I do not support abolishing ICE.

We live in a world at constant risk of public health emergencies. In our increasingly interconnected world, public health emergencies can affect anyone, anywhere.

Of course when you look back from all the pandemics that have happened in the world, they were really scary.

The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one of those.