Bill Delahunt: “If I can interrupt, I believe that goes to the question of competence; and the issue of post-war planning has been…”

What I am suggesting to you is there is another method that is far superior than vesting the authority in the executive without any check of balance.

It's been truly an honor to serve with you and the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee these past 14 years. We've done, I think, extraordinary work. We've done it together. We've had our disagreements, but those disagreements oftentimes…

We didn't get here because of government. We got here because government didn't do its job.

I think it cannot be stated often enough that it certainly has proven to be simply on a financial basis a good investment.