When you talk about mandatory minimums, it created a lot of unfairness in our sentencing. – Asa Hutchinson
We get divided generationally and in other ways – libertarians versus more traditional social conservatives, for example – and we’ve got to provide some flexibility there. But we don’t need to have quite so many litmus tests. We need to have our big picture focused on economic issues. – Asa Hutchinson
We need a president that values the role of the states, will destroy ISIS and jumpstart the economy. – Asa Hutchinson
The true credit for our safety and security goes to our men and women who are serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war on terrorism. – Asa Hutchinson
There’s been intelligence that terrorists would look to programs such as the visa waiver program to exploit. – Asa Hutchinson
On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton emphasized her experience. Yes, experience matters, but judgment matters more. Despite her experience, Hillary Clinton’s poor decisions have produced bad results. Just think about it. – Asa Hutchinson
In reference to Cat Stevens, it is very, very important we have accurate information on our terrorist watch list and our no fly list and that you have a remedy. – Asa Hutchinson
I don’t think anybody accepts the idea that somehow I should be punished because I actually served our country during a very difficult time post-9/11. That required me to actually be out of Arkansas for a few years. – Asa Hutchinson
Well, your premise is correct, that we have to first guard against those who have an affiliation with terrorists and a connection, and so we have watch lists and systems that can make that connection. – Asa Hutchinson
But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security. – Asa Hutchinson
To suggest that immigration is the exclusive domain of the federal government, disallowing partnerships with local law enforcement, defies the will of Congress, not to mention reality. Numerous local jurisdictions have laws on the books dealing with immigration in a variety of ways. – Asa Hutchinson
People resisted having weapons on airplanes, but I oversaw the federal air marshals. It’s a deterrent. No one sees that weapon, but they are protected on that airplane, and it’s a huge positive impact on safety. – Asa Hutchinson
Here in Arkansas, we are preparing a generation of learners to meet the needs of businesses by equipping students with workforce training opportunities statewide. – Asa Hutchinson
You can have bans on assault weapons or whatever weapons you wish, and it’s not going to protect from a violent person. – Asa Hutchinson
It is not a crime nor an impeachable offense to engage in inappropriate personal conduct; nor is it a crime to obstruct or conceal an embarrassing relationship. – Asa Hutchinson
Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements. – Asa Hutchinson
We measure very carefully what the positives are and I think it is less than one tenth of one percent, so we are very pleased with the accuracy of our biometric checks and we continue to monitor that. – Asa Hutchinson
Hillary Clinton’s radical attempts at so-called reform of the nation’s health care system would have been more destructive than even Obamacare has been. – Asa Hutchinson
We would certainly welcome the recipient nation to put their inspectors on our shores, if they wanted to make that investment to help protect that shipment that is outgoing. – Asa Hutchinson
If we’re talking about big-tent thinking in the Republican Party, I think we’re all going to unite under a consistent economic theory. That’s where our unity is, and that’s what unites us. – Asa Hutchinson