Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I appreciate her holding the gavel and bringing the hearing to order."

"The premise we have been operating on--part of why we are doing this series of hearings--is to see if we can agree on a common ground on what we are striving for in terms of border security."

"The fact is, we do not know."

"I do think both the record and the independent evaluations over the years... says that the Department of Homeland Security has made a difference."