the evidence is in and we understand what we need to do.

I think we're very lucky to have you as Chairman, and this expertise that you've developed over time as chairman of the Intelligence Committee, I think, is going to be shown here today.

We thank Senators Bingaman and Murkowski for introducing this bill and for moving the discussion forward.

This provision alone is expected to save enough electricity by 2020 to serve 350,000 homes.

This is a hearing on legislation to strengthen two programs that are central to improving the Nation's efficient use of energy.

Notwithstanding this success energy efficiency continues to be the most cost effective strategy for enhancing economic and energy security.

He flies off to Los Angeles tonight to be on the Jay Leno show. My suggestion is that he come back, since he's taken the full responsibility, to get his people together and say, all right, I want to know exactly what happened, who did what…

The national security of both Russia and the United States will suffer if the world experiences a breakdown of the nonproliferation regime.

Unless the United States and Russia provide strong leadership in this area, the coming surge in demand for nuclear power will lead more and more nations to seek their own enrichment facilities.

Russian internal political developments have definitely been going in the wrong direction for some time now.

By the way, Dr. Lewis, we could not even get the NASA IG to investigate the stealing of those rocket designs through the Internet at NASA.

I say our challenges are too big to ignore.

I understand how mad everybody is about this AIG bonus business. I understand that, as I said before, I'm mad. And even though I didn't draw up these AIG contracts, my White House didn't, it's my responsibility to fix the system.

We've got a serious problem in national security.

This Senator's office computers have been invaded three times in the last month, and one of them looks pretty serious, as if it's talking to a computer in some international arena.

I think, in our subcommittee, as I serve you and the full Committee, that we want to look at NIST and the NSF, at new opportunities for them to examine these questions that have been raised this morning.

An offer to scrap our missile defense plans just because the Russians offer 'help' does not seem like such a good deal.

The United States must boost its presence in the Arctic.