The key question is whether Ukraine and the European Union will sign the long-concluded Association Agreement.

If democracy is secured, Ukraine is likely to choose a Western geopolitical orientation.

When I was there a couple of years ago, I certainly saw the potential, in terms of agriculture, in terms of wheat production, but something really holding them back really was the cronyism, the----

The main objectives for U.S. policy on Ukraine should be to support democracy.

Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Belarus should be free to chart their own future.

there should be no reason that the FBI investigation should be used as an excuse for us not to have access to question those witnesses

Any higher consideration than gathering the intelligence we need to keep the homeland safe?

the most effective interrogation occurs over years, where you gain their confidence

Do you think 18 months is kind of an inordinate amount of time to take to determine something I think is so critically important?

intelligence gathering is a far higher priority than bringing people, I guess, to eventual justice

I have a bill that this Committee has reported favorably out to require the National Academies of Science to conduct an unbiased assessment of the science surrounding E-15.

Sure. I just want to say thank you very much. I'm looking forward to serving on the committee and looking forward to the work we have to do that is ahead of us.

I hope to be vigilant with respect to counterterrorism, border security, the effective administration of our immigration laws, responding to natural disasters.

I think that in general, the professionals who I have consulted... seem to feel that we need to move in the direction of a risk-based approach to homeland security.

As you pose it, I think my answer would be no.

I would like to see DHS get off the GAO high-risk list.

I think we in the Executive Branch and in the FISA court need to be skeptical.

Encourage competition. Encourage people to put forward their request for proposals (RFPs).