Joe Lieberman

Because it has now been 5 years since the enactment of the 9/11 Commission recommendations for intelligence reform, Senator Collins and I decided last year to initiate a series of oversight hearings this year to examine how well these…

I share Senator Collins' concern both about the decision to try Abdulmutallab in a regular Federal court as opposed to a military commission because, in my opinion, he is a prisoner of war, an enemy combatant.

It just seems to me that if somebody brings some information to the U.S. Government that suggests in any way that a person is involved in terrorism, it at least is justification for putting them on a list.

If we do not hold accountable those who made these human errors, the probability is greater that they will be made again.

Congress was really quite effective at taking on some of the status quo.

Al-Qaeda is on the march, not on the run.

The Congress plays an enormously important role in ensuring that our American Muslim population understands that we need a partnership between the government and these communities

Our responsibility is clear: We have to find what the systemic failures were and fix them.

We have called it to repair and reinforce them so that they better protect the American people from terrorist attack.

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), which is commonly known as the '9/11 Commission Act,' was the most sweeping intelligence reform since the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) more than 50…

As we all know, on this past Christmas Day, December 25, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab slipped through the multi-layered defenses we have erected since September 11, 2001, to stop attacks against our homeland and boarded Northwest Flight…

We ought to put a green card on their diploma, assuming that they pass all the other tests.

It is very significant. I am not suggesting that we increase illegal immigration as a way to deal with the debt, but it does have those positive economic implications.

We are nowhere near there at the moment.

It is a fiscal crisis the likes of which we have not faced before and it challenges us to respond equally in an unprecedented way.

But as a very practical matter, if we pass this commission today or within the near term, we would be sending a message, an unequivocal message to the world that America is going to stand up to our problem and we are going to do something…

If there is anything I am certain of, I am certain that the regular order is not going to take on this burgeoning debt.

We are irresponsible. We like to spend money and we do not like to raise taxes.

We need to change our immigration policy to focus more on skills and knowledge.

If we had a significant increase in America in, obviously, legal immigration, that would be one way to grow the economic pie.

The question of borrowing capacity and what the limits of America's borrowing capacity are.

Fiscal policy is out of control.

The only reason I believe--well, two reasons. One is that the problem, the debt, is getting so serious for our country.

I will say for myself--I think you know this, and I think I speak for Senator Voinovich, but obviously he will speak for himself--that though we have sponsored another proposal, the proposal that you and Senator Conrad have put forward is…

The work of any task force like you and I have proposed will not just be formidable, but it is critical to our country's future.