"I would like to work with you on it to see whether we can have an agreement where we as the authorizers will agree on how to deal with this problem that we both agree exists."
"The threat of homegrown extremism continues."
"A lot of these cuts are forced on you by the Budget Control Act, which we adopted."
"Let us talk about the shift from terrorism to all hazards in the homeland security grants and what the rationale for it is."
"I think it is not right to do it without authorization changes."
"whoever is elected in November to be our next President will go into office with a public demanding changes in government, elimination of waste, and movement back to a balanced Federal budget."
"We have an obligation to look back and see if what you have done makes sense and whether we want to relook at the BCA."
"I hope we can accelerate the conversation because I agree with you that we cannot just hope and pray for a miraculous, what might be called, 'political awakening'."
"People are really angry at the Federal Government, and we know why."
"I do not believe that either one of the results of those expressions at the voting booth has gotten the government where the people want it to be."
"I do not think that anything in this package takes away anybody's First Amendment rights."