I will unofficially designate you as leaders of the rebellion against our national debt.

I believe that you are exactly right, that a special process is required.

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.

we do not have that luxury anymore.

Senator Joe Lieberman has almost single handedly forced Senate Democrats to scrap their hard won compromise of one of their key components of health reform.

You know, you can try to do so much that you end up doing nothing.

Would you really, because you couldn't get everything you want, stop this extraordinary reform?

Would you really, because you couldn't get everything you want, stop this extraordinary reform? I mean, it -- it will provide, by all the experts' estimates, insurance to 30 million people who don't have it now.

You can -- you can try to do so much, that you end up doing nothing.

I like being an independent, so that is definitely a possibility, but I would say that all options are open.

In this very polarized time in our politics, if you take a stand, a bunch of people will think you have done something great, and a bunch of people will think you have done something awful.

Well, that's just poppycock. I mean, this is all about what I think health care reform should be.

Well, that is just poppycock. I mean, this is all about what I think health care reform should be.

I don't enjoy the personal vendetta. I certainly don't enjoy people attacking my wife which is outrageous.

Senator Lieberman said this weekend that he was against expanding Medicare and wouldn't support health care reform that included it.

the drug cartels are the major organized crime threat to this country right now.

Thanks very much, Ms. Harman. That was an excellent opening statement.

One never knows when it will move quickly or not move at all.

I urge you to do that, and I do not have a real judgment on it myself.

we have had evidence before the Committee of a concern that foreign terrorist groups might actually link up with Mexican drug cartels.

You have drawn support from a truly impressive array of people.

the terrorist watchlist, as we have described, is really quite a powerful tool for us in detecting terrorists, denying them the ability to travel.

It is difficult. Is there a role to be played here in sharing information on potential terrorist travel with other nations?

I think one of the most important provisions of the terrorism prevention legislation that we passed in 2004 was the requirement that all individuals undergo a personal interview when applying for a visa.