It is a scourge that is cutting across every part of our country.

I'm fully prepared to assume the responsibilities.

There is oversight and review within the Executive Branch, and heaven knows there's a lot of oversight here in the Congress over this.

Yes, I am. I've been assured that I have the authority to be a member of that committee and be at that committee in every one of its meetings.

The level of oversight here is all three branches of government, and it's significant to try to secure those privacies.

No, it has not been modified.

We don't have time just to be the nice guy. We've got to go after it.

It's kind of an 'all of above' category here, I think, given the diversity of threats that we have.

I have no intention of holding anything back from this committee, the access to this committee that they need.

I went with some passion every week to the Senate floor 55 times to address a 'Certified Waste of the Week.'

I think it's worth going back and looking at the original intent and then the reports from Robb-Silberman.

We have sent them information as to how to modify it. It has not been addressed yet, but I have been reassured over and over and over by the President and his staff that absolutely that's what their intent was and they expect me to be…

we need to act sooner rather than later.

I think maybe sooner rather than later, that would be something we ought to look at.

I would and the intelligence community also sees it that way, the entire community.

That's my authority. That's my obligation.

They have not given me a date.

I want to make sure that we do everything possible, first, to educate everyone so that they understand what is authorized and what is not authorized.