I have long believed that disclosure is a necessary, though not sufficient, ingredient of campaign finance regulation.

In my view, disclaimer and disclosure rules stand on firm constitutional footing.

We must get the balance right if you are expected, Mr. Director, to meet the challenges ahead.

The Court told us that democratic debate works best when voters know the source of the political messages they receive.

That is why, last week, I joined with the chairmen of this committee and the Foreign Relations Committee to introduce a resolution requiring a comprehensive strategy for Yemen.

It will result in legislators being even more responsive to corporations rather than voters.

This is a global conflict, and yes, it is a war--a war of terror these radicals have declared on America and the West.

We also need counterterrorism policies that are informed by what is actually happening in these countries.

Until we integrate the intelligence community with the ways we openly gather information, radicalization, I think, we'll keep being one step behind al-Qa'ida.

The threats we are dealing with are far too dangerous to tolerate any kind of sloppy work or careless mistakes.

I guess I go back just to comment, do we have the resources? Do we have the capacity to follow this?

The intelligence community must lean forward in this war, and we on congressional oversight committees must back you up.

As members and witnesses are aware, this will be my last annual worldwide threat hearing, as I intend to depart from the Senate upon the completion of the 111th Congress.

I believe all on the committee agree that it's very real, very serious and the administration needs to treat it as such.

Unfortunately, there are some who still strongly oppose making these necessary changes within the Congress to serve our intelligence community better.

I would hope we would learn from releasing detainees. That was wrong.

I believe that's a mistake our committee will be closely following and hope we will be able to correct that through the legislative process.

The Court has denied the people the power to prevent corporations from dominating the entire political system.