It would be helpful to us, in terms of allocating resources to protect against this, to have some analysis.

It's going to be difficult. But, I'm very happy to have your testimony, this morning, which underlines for this committee and for the country how serious a threat this is to our National security.

if you have a deterrent and don't tell people about it, it's not a deterrent.

That was appalling to both the ranking member, Senator Claire McCaskill, and to me.

I believe that it's critically important that we move legislation that provides for that sharing so that we have more vigorous defense.

I have also spoken at a graduation ceremony for a drug court in Portland, and it was really inspiring.

I am disappointed that the President's budget has slashed funding for this program.

It concerns me that all of our discussions about cyber are essentially defensive.

The closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility remains a top administration priority and a national security imperative.

Our highly skilled paper workers in Maine can compete successfully whenever there's a level playing field, but they cannot compete when a foreign government is providing more than $100 million of subsidies to a mill that is manufacturing…

I would like to thank the Department and NOAA for supporting the Penobscot River Restoration project (over $20 million).

One of the President's independent review groups which looked at this law, Mike Morrell, the former deputy director of the CIA, as well as the former director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, have said that had this program been in place prior…

What can the Department do to be more aggressive in prosecuting these scams which aggregate in the billions of dollars, and will you pledge that from now on the Department will cooperate with our investigations?

But, a--as you just testified, a 10-to-1 ratio of offense to defense going into a city like Mosul means you're going to have a large, well-trained force.

I ask that the Department as well as the U.S. Trade Representative... be very engaged with U.S. forestry stakeholders and the Canadian Government.

I am disappointed that the administration's budget cuts $5 million from the drug courts program.

I have seen firsthand in Maine the difference that these courts can make in helping people straighten out their lives.

I hear repeatedly from police officers... about how essential the RISS Program is in their efforts to fight violent crime.