"The high burden placed on the Government by these bills will make it difficult, if not impossible, to investigate harms to the national security and only encourage others to illegally disclose the Nation's sensitive secrets."
"I think there is."
"I think it creates quite a bit of pressure to give Miranda warnings on many, many, many cases if the presumption is those cases are going to be tried in Federal court and not a military commission, th..."
"Does that exist today?"
"The Federal Government has a lot of problems, but one of them should not be to try to micromanage every burglary, robbery, or rape case in America."
"The first thing the Federal Government could do in a positive way is to spend the money to do the kind of research that can benefit every State and local law enforcement agency in America."
"Well, law enforcement overwhelmingly is a State and local responsibility."
"If that was the only thing in the world I had as evidence against a defendant I might be a bit nervous if I were a juror or a prosecutor."
"I think you would say that the forensic sciences are being shortchanged financially and we can do better."
"Forensic sciences in America does present a challenge, in my view. It's something that I have felt strongly about for many, many years."
"Yes, sir, and we thank you so much. They really did."