ATF Deputy Director William McMahon was the official in Washington, DC, primarily responsible for supervising Gillett and Newell.

The Privacy Act does not apply to hearings in Congress, but let us move on.

We amended the False Claims Act several years ago precisely to prevent the outcome like this.

you promised me and pledged to Congress that you would work to protect whistleblowers.

Our investigation uncovered that Mr. Perez repeatedly asked attorneys in your Division to not mention the deal with St. Paul.

I think this is a huge opportunity for our country to gain jobs, tens of thousands of jobs for every point that we gain back of the international tourism market.

I hope you will be committed to continuing that. We would love to see it expanded.

I think he believes that the ATF deserves better.

I think Senator Durbin has either put in or is talking about putting in a bill to put the ATF under the FBI.

I just think that is wrong.

I rise today as I think of this as a great opportunity for Oklahoma and the rest of the States. In Oklahoma, we know the value of hard work, dedication to one another and making commonsense decisions when we're given the opportunity…

I appreciate Senator Grassley's focus on whistleblowers. I think it is very important, and he has done a great service to our country.

I rise today as a proud Oklahoman, calling for this body to act on a commonsense bill that will put this country on the path to energy independence. The Keystone XL pipeline's southern route, which runs directly through my congressional…

I hope we can move forward with this nomination.

I think we owe these agents to have a permanent Director. I think we should get him confirmed.

I think that is courage right there.

Madam President, I came here today first of all to talk about the farm bill. I am a member of the Agriculture Committee. We are very proud of this bill. It is a strong bill. As Senator Chambliss just pointed out, it enjoys broad bipartisan…

I think it is just wrong.