The persistence of any element of unequal treatment that prevents any American from achieving the full measure of her potential, while enjoying the full benefits of the rights guaranteed by our Constitution, is simply unacceptable.

For that reason, I was extremely pleased to join so many of my colleagues in cosponsoring the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

What we need to do is look at the mission of the agency, what it is that the President wants to do, but also we need to look at the three R's, which is to reinvigorate our Civil Service.

Thank you very much, and the record will so show that.

I also am going to reiterate what Senator Shelby said about the joint task forces.

We want to support the effort to modernize Quantico.

One needs to keep in mind, however, security.

You're correct. Right now SENTINEL will go generally at the second level, which is the Secret level.

the Census Bureau will hire 1.5 million workers.

I worry about the FBI in so many ways, about having the resources.

Well, guys--first of all, thank you. It's really exciting to hear you. And we really, again, want to salute your daring and your bravery and your courage.

We will support you in your people. We're going to support you in your technology.

We can't bring talented, smart people... into a dated facility.

We've got to protect the American people by making sure the FBI has the right tools, and that's technology.

Do you mean every agent doesn't have what everybody else has?

The FBI is one of the few agencies that operates in three enclaves in terms of the net: unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret.

It reduced our ability to surge resources within our Criminal Branch and meet existing and emerging threats.

I think that's fantastic.