I think it has been a shame that NASA as an agency and the industry has not had the kind of concerted direction both from the Congress and from various Administrations that really is appropriate to the task that is in front of the Agency.

I share Dr. Squyres' concerns about, you know, aligning the budget and the workforce to the work that we are charged with doing.

That's why I'm delighted to hear the NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden, speaking more often about Mars as the ultimate destination for human space exploration.

One of our objectives was to make sure that IRS was handled in a professional, nonpartisan way and had the resources it needed.

But you do not know what standard they used to make a judgment that they were involved in political activities?

I think we all will agree that we cannot allow, permit, tolerate targeting by political views.

I would be very interested as to how the IRS went about selecting all of the groups for review in addition to the ones that were selected because of the use of the words 'Tea Party,' or '9/12,' or 'Patriot,' which is absolutely wrong.

What was the standard for the selection of those 202? Were you able to determine that?

I think we need to have more information as to how these were selected.

I am gratified to hear the efforts that the new Bureau is undertaking in this area.

We are going to fight for you, and we are not going to blame you for anybody else's mistake.

I encourage you to resist the temptation to take those more ideological, political positions.

This is a really, really important hearing, given the demographic wave that is coming at us and how many seniors potentially are going to be exposed to these scams.

Your leadership has transformed the FBI from a domestic law enforcement agency into a global antiterrorism and anticrime police force.

Director Mueller is one of the nighthawks, always ready for that 3 a.m. phone call.

Chairwoman Mikulski, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of the subcommittee, I would like to close by thanking you for this opportunity to discuss the FBI's priorities.

My concern is that this will have a chilling effect on morale.

Today, all eyes are on Boston. We just sustained the first terrorist attack on the United States since 9/11.