I hope he will reconsider in the future so that this committee can benefit from the widest possible variety of perspectives.

We set the pace, and we are the ones who dictate the terms because we happen to be the largest market in the world.

I know it when I see it is one of the phrases that was used.

If we did a commission, it would be at least a year, at best. The point is this issue is not so complicated.

We made the mistake of inaction once before; we must not make it again.

I have heard this song before about, well, other people are going to do it. Therefore, we should not do it. I do not accept that argument.

I do not believe rushing to separate the dual-hat in the final months of an administration is appropriate.

This committee and this Chairman are tired of the way that Congress, in general, and this committee is treated by this administration.

Do you think this is acceptable?

This is the first time we've seen attempted interference in an--in elections in the United States of America, isn't it, Admiral?

Right now, there is no policy. There is no policy that you can describe to me as to what we would do about an impending attack or what we would do about an attack. There's a vacuum there.