The American people, however, cannot accept and will not accept another bait and switch like the 1986 bill...

I am going to get to a little word called greed.

I am for transparency, and so whatever goes along the lines of transparency I am probably skeptical of regulation.

The decisions to bring detainees to the United States and afford them civilian trials is highly questionable.

These are people we are at war with, and we are dropping bombs on them this very day.

How absurd is it to say that we will release people who plan to attack us again?

The correct way to try him is by military tribunal.

I believe this decision is dangerous. I believe it is misguided. I believe it is unnecessary.

Senator Leahy has committed to me that he will work with me to get that job done.

You are not upholding your pledge to respond to all outstanding requests as you told me you would.

This position is completely unacceptable to me.

I think a lot of Americans thought O.J. Simpson ought to be convicted of murder rather than being in jail for what he is in jail for now.

it will reduce economic growth, and it will reduce jobs.

The Environment and Public Works Committee is the place for a detailed examination of the purported environmental benefits of any climate change proposal, and that is an important part of the equation.

Skyrocket is the term that President Obama has used about price increases.

It is the responsibility of Congress to weigh the costs and benefits of every policy decision it makes, and the bigger the issue, the more important it becomes.

an honest cost-benefit assessment requires that we first stop trying to sell this policy as if it will have no cost for Americans

Now, I understand there are 1,000 cases, and if the Federal Government is involved, there is more money going to go to the Federal Treasury.

There are always so many sophisticated crook out there who are always going to sit around and laugh at us in Government that we cannot get ahead of them.

This number of 1,040 is higher than the 1,000 cases under seal when I asked the same question a year ago.

We permitted the Attorney General to delegate CID authority to a designee.

There are 1,040 false claim cases that are under seal in Federal courts waiting on the Department of Justice to make a decision to join the lawsuit.

I want to thank Senator Leahy for holding this hearing, trying to get to the bottom of this, although I think it is a never-ending job.

I will not take any time to discuss policy because we will have a chance to review the testimony of all the witnesses.

Well, for the taxpayers' benefit, I think that they would expect agencies within the same Federal Government working for the same American population would get along to get done what needs to be done and not waste time that way.