If the PATRIOT Act is renewed by the Congress, the Department of Justice should reissue a statement regarding the supremacy of census confidentiality well in advance of 2020.

Yes, that is a good point.

I thought each of you did just a very nice job with your testimonies.

We are just going to be, not in an obnoxious way but in a persistent way, all over your Department to make sure that you comply with the law.

Make no mistake: If we don't prioritize transportation investments in the United States, our cities and communities will fall behind.

One of our jobs is to do oversight and to make sure that the things that you all are attempting to do, you actually complete.

We need to look in every nook and cranny of our Federal Government in order to find ways to do a lot of the traditional things that we have done better.

We want to ensure that we do the best job that we can.

I plan to introduce legislation this year that would, among other things, make the Director of the Census Bureau a Presidential term appointment of 5 years.

As politically difficult as it may be, we must find a way to pay for these investments.

I applaud those efforts, and I applaud the Secretary, whom I am a big fan of.

We want them to report their improper payments. We want them to stop making improper payments. We want them to go out and recover the improper payments that they have made.

It is not uncommon, whether the President is George W. Bush or Barack Obama, to have something that looks like administrative Swiss cheese.

All right. Well, that is good to hear. That is good to hear.

I think it is interesting that the census, part of the Commerce Department, the Commerce Department is releasing a National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace on Friday.

The Department of Homeland Security does not have a good record in terms of collecting improper payments.

It is significant that these partners--from diverse geographic locations--are united in their call for a robust transportation bill.

Good. Well, we are pretty good at talking about things. We will certainly talk about that, too.

Senator Brown, 10 years from today, I suspect you will still be here, but I am not sure that I will be.

Despite these achievements, the 2010 Census was the most expensive in our Nation's history by far, even taking inflation into account.

Well, that is good. So part of that $125 billion was DHS. Well, that is a good start.

The Bureau needs to have a dual strategy of reaching both English-language-dominant and Spanish-dominant Latinos.

I would look to using technologies, specifically the Internet and mobile devices, for the communications side.

The Federal transportation program cannot be successful without our State and local partners.

It is vital that your perspectives be part of the debate on reauthorization of the transportation bill.