I commend the Administration, we've been critical of the Administration for some of the things that they've done.

This issue is close to our hearts in Delaware.

I am concerned about the environmental impacts of the additional delay.

You've been here less than 2 years and you're already running the place.

I think most people in my State realize that we are not all taking bribes and we are not all lobbyists or crooks, and I agree with them.

I am confident we can address these issues before us today in the same bipartisan way that we have addressed everything from intelligence reform to the ongoing investigation of what went wrong during Hurricane Katrina.

What is wrong in taking ideas, like an administrative procedures approach--subpoenas approach--and not making the conclusion that the government will set out to violate rights?

So one of the things here is whether mail should be treated as other things that are put out and once it leaves your zone of privacy.

I support reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act and I am inclined to support adding investigative authorities, but only if it can be shown that these new authorities are necessary and would not infringe on the constitutional rights of Americans…

Congress, most certainly, will--to use the President's word--``renew'' all expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act.

I think that there are those who oppose the PATRIOT Act or want to see it changed because they accept that.

I believe the courts have already ruled, have they not, that you have the ability to, for example, if someone puts their trash out on the curb, the courts have ruled you've got no privacy expectation on that; is that correct?

You say, let's come back and look at it in 4 years, just as we have done on the original parts of the PATRIOT Act.

Well, then help me understand. You would say, then, that a nondisclosure requirement is not desirable?

Well, I appreciate it. And I--you know, it's just vitally important.

the elections were certainly very encouraging to all of us.

If there's some redundancy here, we need to know.

It's important that we have a good relationship with India. It's a very important country.