"I would just note that our staff calculates that your department has sent over about 8,000 pages of documents in response to inquiries this year."
"I think we can all agree that the federal investments in research and development have proven to be worth every penny, especially in the energy sector."
"I applaud you, Secretary Moniz, for your work to guarantee a brighter future in the face of the growing threat of climate change."
"If I were a terrorist, I could use any one of those apps and communicate securely."
"I remember in law school the phrase 'bad cases make bad law.' I'm sure we all heard that, and I think this might be a prime example of that rule."
"It may be that the alternative is a world where nothing is private, because once you have holes in encryption, the rule is, it's not a question of if, but when those holes will be exploited."
"Could I ask just one quick question, Mr. Sewell, because I forgot when it was my turn?"
"I have on my iPhone all kinds of messaging apps that are fully encrypted, some better than others."
"But the question really has to be, what is the rule of law here? Where are we going with this?"
"Did you think about the implication for foreign policy, what China might do, when you filed the motion in San Bernardino, or was that not part of the equation?"
"This has been a very interesting hearing and, comes at interesting time for our country, because the issues we face are of law, but also of technology."