You have excellent reputations, and nothing you have said or done here today serves to demean those reputations.

We have to have a group with robust powers to be a counterbalance to the argument for security.

You need somebody out here in the government that is checking everything that is done with regard to security.

I want to certainly welcome Senator Brown. I am delighted you are with us and we are going to take one of those congressional delegations (CODELs) and go to Afghanistan and Pakistan next month.

I believe that relying too closely or too narrowly on just one layer over another has the potential for opening the doors to future intelligence failures.

This program has provided a great benefit to our country and to those who visit our country.

if we do not rein in the growth of health care costs as we go through this process, we may extend coverage to people who do not have it, but we will not be able to sustain that extension of coverage for very long.

The reason Senator Gregg and I reached the conclusion of no amendments is because in watching the process here, we have concluded if there are amendments, the Republicans will put up an amendment that will say, we will address the deficit…

I know it is extraordinary. And to your staffs. Thank you for standing up and saying, all right, this is where we draw the line.

As has been noted earlier today, our bill, maybe our bills essentially superimpose fast-track authority on top of the President's current rescission authority.

I think speaking from the Concord Coalition's point of view, the value in enhanced rescission is the deterrent effect it would have.