Political Quotes

“I had the honor to serve on the Senate intelligence subcommittee for 4 years. It is an awesome assignment. That committee can suck up more time from a Senator's schedule than any other assignment I can think of. I easily spent half of my time in committee in the Senate Intelligence Committee room, and I am almost certain that I didn't attend half of their meetings. There were so many meetings. The information is voluminous. It is cloaked in initials and references which take the longest time to understand. I will honestly tell you by the end of my 4 years I had come to understand more and more about the intelligence community and come to understand more and more about what to look for and listen for. So my hat is off to all of my colleagues in the Senate, Democrat and Republican, who serve on this committee. It is a massive assignment, and they have a massive responsibility--to measure the efficacy of our intelligence operations as well as their reports. I can't think of another committee in Congress--I might say the Armed Services Committee is close--that has such an awesome responsibility. I want to preface my remarks by saluting all of the members of the Intelligence Committee for giving their time to this effort.…”