I think you are quite right in judging them not by what they say, but by what they do.

If we don't take aggressive steps, 1 day, we will wake up to the unpleasant surprise of them having become a nuclear power.

I want to welcome my friend and colleague, Ranking Member Corker--I am grateful for his leadership on these and other matters.

We must not let that happen.

So now it is up to all of us, basically, to act on these recommendations.

I know they were searching for a mission. With the recent crisis, they have been resuscitated. God willing, that is a temporary state of affairs.

I would like to call the Subcommittee to order and thank our witnesses for being with us today.

I think we need to ensure that the record shows, Governor, that the death plans have nothing to do with the health care debate.

A lot of good progress has been made. A lot of good work has been done, but this is still very much a work in progress.

Moral suasion doesn't seem to be enough in some cases.

it was a distasteful but necessary step to protect millions of innocent people.

But historically, in some areas, they don't really have much of a way to enforce some of their authorities.