Joe Lieberman

If those stovepipes reappear or worsen, we will certainly be in more danger.

The WikiLeaks breach should not prompt a knee-jerk reaction on the sharing of vital information.

Our mourning over their deaths has always been compounded by the knowledge that those attacks might have been prevented.

Information sharing within and across agencies is nonetheless still not all it should be.

I appreciate that President Sarkozy yesterday recognized--or maybe earlier today--the opposition government of Benghazi.

If this becomes a stalemate or breaks into a division of Libya, that it could become fertile ground for al Qaeda.

I think it calls out to our leadership here in Washington and throughout the Arab world and the rest of the world that is invested in security in the Middle East.

Colonel Qadhafi must go--and I agree with that totally--whether, unless the world community intervenes in some way.

I think there's a different context here, and I present that in the sense of a kind of second chance.

Nobody here is talking about on-the-ground foreign military intervention. But more to the point, is it, this one is really different, because we're being asked by an escalating chorus of voices from within the Arab world to please help the…

I just urge you, with all the things you are doing, to really keep your eye on this one because we need IT, obviously, for the government to function effectively.

He has said numerous times that we need to come together and do this across parties.

The serious fiscal challenges facing the country make this an extraordinarily important and humbling time to be nominated to join the Office of Management and Budget.

I was very pleased when the President selected the Commission and equally pleased by the recommendations it put out.

I presume you would agree that these three have to be addressed if we are going to get our long-term finances in order.

I can sure predict that some Members of Congress will say they will not vote to extend the debt limit unless there is something forthcoming from the President.

That is a good first step in helping the Postal Service, but this is a rising crisis, and we really have to get together and figure out how to head it off before it hits us very hard.

So that it worked in that way, but, of course, the numbers--it worked in terms of the key national security positions, nominees in the Obama transition.

I commend you for taking it up.

I think that they were not shooting for a high target.

I think both of those issues, surge capacity and getting information to the vetters very quickly, those are mechanical kinds of things.

Nothing in the legislation that Senators Schumer, Alexander, Collins, and I are working on together will weaken in any way the important constitutional role the Senate has to advise and consent.

This is one of those topics and hearings that attracts not much public attention, but is actually greatly in the public interest.

Unfortunately, most committees no longer fulfill that responsibility, which is just one more indication that the Senate no longer functions as our founders intended.

I believe holding markups for important legislation is an important part of the legislative process in the Senate.