It suggests to me that there is a significant lack of energy and interest within the intelligence community in truly policing this stuff.

The tainting--some would even say corruption--of the Department of Justice during the course of this administration has been both pervasive and systematic.

We in the Senate have the good fortune and privilege to be present at occasionally extraordinary moments.

I was touched and impressed. I know he's not here any longer, but I would like to say that for the record anyway.

that is a way to lose their faith and lose their support, and that would be strategically decisive against us.

Now we are desperate for capital and desperate people do desperate things.

I would hope that when you go to the Federal Reserve, that you would quickly ensure that this appropriate self-analysis is going forward.

I recall 8 years ago at this time, when we had a significant surplus in the Federal Government after the Clinton Administration.

We have to get back there. And the general question is how do we get back there, where we can confidently tell the American people that if you work hard you can expect a growth in your wages and your income.

I would agree that a separate track, with much more streamlined processes, is necessary to support operational forces.

I can't think of anyone who has the experience and the capabilities to do this job.

The industrial base is obviously of very great concern.

if and when people get to the point of proposing things which would fundamentally alter the separation between banking and commerce, that is a judgment for the Congress to make ultimately.

the apparent policy of the Bush Administration was to at least cut taxes at a time where it was not quite clear you could maintain the surplus

I would hope that that procedure could be quickly abandoned and that the Enforcement Division could be given the direction to fairly but aggressively enforce the law.

I expect that we will be here often seeking that help.

I would absolutely support proceeding again with registration of hedge funds so that we could have a much better handle on who is out there and what they are doing.

I know that Mary Schapiro is committed to restoring investor protection as the hallmark of the SEC.