That is not surprising in some ways, but it is stunning.

You understand that you're not only the CIA's lawyer, but you're the first line of defense for the American people in protecting their constitutional rights.

The American people are also counting on having a really good lawyer in the middle of it that's able to push back and to be able to say, no, that is something that violates constitutional rights and freedoms.

This is one of those ongoing issues. As you go through this process, when you get to that spot, just know this committee is thinking about cyber doctrine a lot.

I always like to be able to remind people that for the folks that serve with the CIA, they don't wear uniforms, they serve all around the world, they don't get parades, they don't get recognition.

I mean, everything has to be regulated more. The water regulation, for example, if you talk to anyone in the farm communities throughout the country, they will say the biggest problem that farmers and ranchers have is the overregulation of…

If you ask any of our people in Oklahoma as to what is mostly accountable for it, they will say Dodd-Frank.

Is it completely unreasonable that, as a result of this, we can consider North Korea as the greatest threat facing the United States?

I have to almost conclude that the guy really means it when he comes out with a statement.

I have always had this bias that this is really where the serious problem is.

I believe that there is an argument that it can pose the greatest threat to the United States.

Unpredictability is what the military is going to tell us on Thursday is the major problem that they have with North Korea.

These hearings are very significant. We get people like you, and there is no more qualified panel we could have.

The new administration has an important opportunity to chart a different and better course.

We must not and will not bargain over our alliances with Japan and South Korea.

China has acted less and less like a responsible stakeholder of the rules-based order in the region and more like a bully.

I welcome the Trump administration's outreach to China on the issue of North Korea.

we were considering bringing it up in a separate bill this week.