in the remaining time, I appreciate what my friend from Arizona said. I not only join him in that request, but I am confident because I have talked to Senator Reid about this--he said that if we invoke cloture tonight, he will allow a…

I want to respond to the concern of my friend from Texas that if cloture is granted on this motion, there will not be an opportunity to amend the bill. I understand why she is saying that, but I do want to say that Senator Reid has made it…

Certainly, on that particular question, I would say yes. They were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy.

I rise today to honor the people and leaders of the Republic of China on Taiwan as they prepare to celebrate the hundred-and-first anniversary of the founding of their country on October 10. I would like to highlight Taiwan's economic…

the threat goes on, and so will the work that you and this Committee will continue to do

I would not count on it. I will be, obviously, quite pleasantly surprised if we are able to find common ground.

Following the rule of law and upholding civil liberties--these are not burdens. These are what make all of us safer and stronger.

Well, I thank you, the three of you, very much. Again, we have made great progress.

So let me ask any of you to what extent now this expansion of terrorist activity sponsored by the Iranian government rises as a threat to our homeland among the other terrorist threats to our homeland?

It certainly seems to me that there were a series of protests that were set off as a result of this film.

the target of an attack by an enemy, whether a nation-state or a terrorist group, would just as likely, in some senses more likely, be privately owned cyber infrastructure.

We are a country of almost 310 million people now. This film, hateful really, was done by a handful of people.

I do want to say for the record that last Friday, Senator Collins and I addressed a request to the Inspector General at the Department of State to do an investigation of what happened with regard to security at our consulate in Benghazi…

I thank you, Chairman Lieberman and Ranking Member Collins, for your leadership in this area.

the American people have reason not only to be grateful to you and all the work with you for our increased security

The sooner the Executive Branch is ready to try to fill whatever gaps it can, the safer the country will be.

I am encouraged by that.

the likelihood of an attack inside the United States depends largely on events in the Middle East and what we see.

Let me go to aviation security which, overall post-September 11, 2001, has been an area where we have put tremendous resources into the battle, and overall we have successfully defended our country and the enormous number of people…

I would consider it to be a significant source of concern for us, both Iran and, again, its terrorist element, the Quds Force, as well as the group that it coordinates with, Lebanese Hezbollah.

I appreciate the fact, Director Olsen, that you as the head of the National Counterterrorism Center have told the Committee this morning without hesitation that you believe what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack.

We still need cyber legislation. We still need the congressional action and appreciate the efforts everyone has made in this regard.

I would suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I thank my friend from Arizona for his very eloquent statement. I associate myself with it. It strikes me, as I listen, that it was no accident that these violent extremists launched this attack on the American consulate in Benghazi…

I could not agree more with my friend from Arizona. It would really dishonor the service of Chris Stevens and the other three Americans who served us in Libya if their murders by these extremists led us to retrench and pull out of Libya…