That is why Senator Lieberman and I intend to introduce an air cargo screening security bill later this year.

I focus more on a third and a fourth idea; and the third idea is how do we promote economic growth to help us in our efforts and what kind of smart investments can we make in the workforce, infrastructure, and research and development…

I know we are not doing enough--I know we are concentrating on it.

DHS, in my view, should independently evaluate the health effects of that technology and establish a goal of using radiation-free screening technology.

I also believe we are in a safer place as a result of this reorganization that we put in place a number of years ago.

Let us be very clear in our mission: A terrorist attack or a major catastrophic event knows no municipal, State, or Federal boundary.

I would also like to take the time to thank Committee Member Senator Tom Carper for his assistance in strengthening homeland security in our region.

The fact is that we face a determined, innovative foe, and no machines can substitute for good intelligence, well-trained screeners, and an observant public.

I think the President ought to have that tool and just try it for 4 years, a 4-year test drive, fully constitutional.

This collaboration that the Administrator speaks about, it is absolutely key.

I completely agree with the Chairman that I doubt that the kind of integrated operation that was successful in going after Osama bin Laden could have existed a decade ago.

I understand, Dr. Flynn, that in your written testimony you provide compelling evidence of the deficiency of rail and transit security.

I am also concerned about the threat that those 30 million passengers face.

I like to say as an old Naval flight officer, we are pretty good at re-fighting the last war.

If you are not keeping score, you are just practicing.

I would like to beat that goal rather than have to slide further.

Both have been directly and indirectly responsible for the December 25th Christmas Day bombing attempt, the Fort Hood attacks, and Alabama and Minnesota terrorism cells.

I vote for counterterrorism joint interagency task forces pointed at the key areas where we still face al-Qaeda and its affiliates.

the Department of Defense and the FBI collectively had sufficient information to have detected Major Hasan's radicalization to violent Islamist extremism, but that the Department of Defense and the FBI failed to act effectively together on…

From your lips to God's ears.

our Nation is much safer, but we clearly are not yet safe.

I like to say that everything I do, I know I can do better.

Now it is the ungoverned areas of the world. It is the wild areas.

He is among our Nation's most respected and experienced appellate advocates, having argued 12 cases at the Supreme Court and participated as counsel in 22 more.

We in Congress and the American people have tasked our Department of Justice with very weighty responsibilities: protecting the Nation against national security threats, preventing and punishing crime, and ensuring the fair administration…