Last December, Afghanistan agreed to negotiate a cooperation pact with Iran for long-term political, security, economic, cultural cooperation, regional peace, and security.

Iranian nuclear capabilities and the ongoing nuclear negotiations are obviously of enormous interest to this committee and to Congress.

Okay. It is my understanding that chip-and-PIN technology does not make online purchases more secure.

I generally trust that the marketplace will create the right kinds of incentives for retailers to protect the personal data of their consumer base.

I believe this is the last hearing that our distinguished chairman is going to conduct in this committee.

The situation seems to be getting worse.

I think she should appear to everybody as well-qualified.

I have repeatedly asked Treasury for answers relating to those data, only to have my requests ignored.

I do not know a more honest, decent man than Max, and I do not know of anybody in the Democratic Party who does a better job of trying to stand up for his country.

If confirmed, Dr. Frank will run the policy-setting arm of HHS.

This will ultimately be abused unless we put in place some very significant restrictions.

I respectfully but forcefully disagree with the assertion... that he has usurped an extraordinary amount of authority within the executive branch.

I appreciate the support you expressed earlier for the Smarter Sentencing Act.

it is imperative within our constitutional system that we not allow too much authority to be accumulated in one person

To be clear, is it your position that the collection of metadata under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is legal?

The illegal and selective leaks last summer were hardly the best way to start this debate.

I think for purposes of this discussion, even if we were to assume that all of the men and women serving us within the NSA, even if they are acting in good faith and abiding by their own rules, at some point there is a very grave risk of…

I would like to express my concern about the Department's refusal to fully enforce the Controlled Substances Act.