"Last November the Interior Department's Solicitors office issued a memorandum known as the 'M Opinion' which stated that railroad companies lack authority to permit activities along their right-of-way unless the projects directly benefit railroad operations."
"I really dispute that. Since your day here, what has happened is the FBI now has 15,000 people in an intelligence unit in 57 offices across the United States, and that is how 20 potential attacks were..."
"I see that it has not, and that we have had the successful criminal prosecution of over 400 terrorists since 9/11."
"No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of Congress."
"I will never forget seeing the infield of the racetrack all filled with little tiny shacks, the barbed wire around the exterior."
"The FBI has never been as effective at interrogation as they are today."
"In accordance with a Status of Forces Agreement, by the end of calendar year 2011, all US military servicemembers will leave Iraq."
"I think the FBI is very fortunate to have your leadership. You have always been a straight shooter."
"I have never asked you, at least, for your view on this. Could you talk a little bit about this and why you believe that this flexibility is so important?"
"Mr. Chairman, this has to do with a bill that I have submitted that has been passed out of this Committee on prior occasions, and one has passed the Senate."
"The history of how this happened is important."