Lee Hamilton

Look, I think you have got to give those people in Hanford some hope.

I think the American people would be in an uproar of rage if they knew all the facts surrounding what has happened since 1983...

I think it is one of the most significant failures of the American policy on an energy issue ever.

I think the 1982 act makes it clear with this polluter-pays concept behind it, that that is to be the funding mechanism to ensure that all costs of disposing of commercial fuel will be paid.

Secretary of Energy Chu made it quite clear that nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain is not an option.

I think we have to accelerate this effort as best we can and get our act together because this is a huge vulnerability in our air traffic system today.

My personal preference would be to see a law enacted making it unambiguously clear that this man is in charge because somebody has to knock heads, to be blunt about it, within the intelligence community to get them to coordinate and…

Political leadership from both parties at all levels of government should renew their focus on completing implementation of the 9/11 Commission recommendations.

You need some counterpressure, some pushback to the security agencies which press for more and more power.

Look, this is another no-brainer. The people of responsibility at the scene of a disaster must have the ability to communicate with one another, not just verbally, but exchanging all kinds of data and information that can be helpful to the…

I believe the greatest current terrorist threat to the United States is from Islamist extremists.

You know your community better than the DHS Secretary or the President or anybody else.

Congress and the President must enact a law, a comprehensive approach for how to handle these detainees that is grounded in the principles of fairness, due process, and protecting the American people.

I think all the members of the Commission felt that you needed a robust civil liberties board to push back.

More Pakistani soldiers have died fighting the Taliban than U.S. and NATO soldiers combined.

The homeland security program ought not to be a revenue-sharing program.

This is a no-brainer. The people at the site of a disaster... all have to be able to communicate with one another.

I think what the Chairman said in his opening statement, and I think several of the witnesses mentioned, for 10 years now after 9/11, the American people have moved on to all kinds of other interests and focuses, and so there is a kind of…

I can't imagine any of these terrorists striking without paying some homage and allegiance to him. This man was extraordinarily charismatic.

We must constantly assess our vulnerabilities and anticipate new lines of attack; not become complacent, but remain vigilant and resolute.

We are not going to solve the problems in this relationship. We just have to manage them.

I view comprehensive immigration reform as a necessary, fundamentally necessary thing to protect our National security.

You cannot deal with immigration on a piecemeal basis. You cannot do it.

It is frustrating to me beyond measure that 10 years after 9/11 this obvious priority has not been fully met.