Tom Carper

I think it is critical that we do that.

We need an Agency of our government devoted to cybersecurity.

I am not a big fan of a lot of acronyms, and it always was not clear to me why we would sort of--instead of actually calling an Agency what it--by a name that would actually tell you what it does, we call this one NPPD.

Maybe, we should talk about whether or not the FBI's policy should change--about how long you keep an investigation open.

When ISIS was rolling through Iraq, like Sherman through Georgia, they were robbing banks, taking over oil fields, and really building quite a financial presence--quite a treasury.

Can you present that plan to us, say, sometime in the next week?

For that reason, shrinking the size of territory controlled by ISIL and denying the group access to additional manpower--that remains a top priority.

As Senator Carper said, the traveler phenomenon has changed, dramatically, since last summer.

You have come a long way--provided great leadership and put together a great leadership team.

ISIS is really good at social media. Really good.

The 60-nation coalition that we lead has put ISIS on the verge of defeat in Iraq and Syria--and in Libya.

Simply put, we must continue to defeat and destroy these guys.

I am proud that this Committee passed a bill, with bipartisan support, to enhance the ability of the Department to work with the Muslim community, and others, in order to counter the violent messages of ISIS and other terrorist…

They are losing on the battlefield. They are looking for other soft targets.

We are kicking these guys all over Iraq, and we are kicking them around in Syria.

We do not want to have boots on the ground. We made a decision not to have boots on the ground.

I think we should at least admit that, and then look at some of the facts.

We simply cannot arrest our way out of this problem.

Compared to 2 years ago. Two years ago, ISIS was rolling through Syria and Iraq like Sherman through Georgia.

I am also troubled that the FBI is unwilling to even admit that they may have made some mistakes.

I think that retrospective review is part of good government, and I think that any President... should think that being good stewards of the rules we have on our books is part of good government and a healthy regulatory system.

I wish I could say something nice about your staffs, but I cannot do that too.

Let me just add a P.S. on Zika funding, which was discussed here earlier today. We had a bipartisan roundtable in the Homeland Security Committee on Zika funding not long ago. Two reasons we need to resolve this funding issue are, No. 1…

I thank the Senator from Tennessee. As he knows, I am a huge fan of his. I have been for a long time. I respect him as a colleague, I respected him as a Governor, and I respected him long before that when he was a principal aide to Howard…

My hope is that a lot of folks, including people in this room... will answer that call as well.