I think expressing our opinions through resolutions is exactly what keeps this institution and the people we represent living in a wonderful country because of the democratic institutions.

Do they succeed very often?

And we may have the opportunity to learn more about that in another setting.

national security should at least be treated with the same degree of power for the FBI agents.

What are the panoply of protections to safeguard their constitutional rights?

I happen to be a strong supporter of the PATRIOT Act.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

What the Freedom House found is totally unacceptable.

I hope you come to the right decision.

I believe they saved literally tens of thousands of people by their quick actions.

I'm not sure they understand it, because the comments I paraphrased were from documents in the King Fahd Mosque.

I believe that Indonesia and Southeast Asia is really the second front in the war on terrorism.

I do not think that even had that wall not been there, there would have been enough information to build the case to find the 19 hijackers.

It seems to me that a lot of leaks come out of this place when too much information comes to Congress.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I certainly agree with Senator Cochran on the need to ensure that our troops have everything they need to fulfill the mission.

The abuses at Abu Ghraib represented a total breakdown in supervision, training, discipline and leadership.

We need to focus our energies on the war on terror, which we cannot afford to lose.