Barbara Mikulski

Build it here, sell it everywhere.

He brings valuable skills to his position, strong experience in the private sector, and he's been a strong voice for American manufacturers.

We can't go there again.

We expect robust attendance at this hearing, and we note that the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee, Senator Cochran, is here.

The administration is committed to avoiding a sequester; we urge the Congress to enact balanced deficit reduction legislation.

We don't want NOAA cut loose.

Cyber espionage is a very considerable threat. We're not fully prepared, as a country, to address that.

Why invent the cure for cancer? Why invent something new that will be Internet-driven, when you can just steal it?

I'm concerned that the Congress doesn't have a sense of urgency about cyber, but I'm also concerned that the Congress does not have a sense of urgency about the threat of sequester.

The transformation FBI has achieved over the past 10 years would not have been possible without your support.

In terms of accountability, as you know, I want to ask a question about Sentinel, on where you are in achieving the programmatic goals and keeping it within a budgetary framework.

The President's budget request for the FBI is $8.2 billion. This request reflects the stringent budget reality in which we find ourselves.

We know that we ask the FBI to carry out extraordinary responsibilities, keeping 330 million Americans safe from terrorism and also violent crime.

We are grateful that Director Mueller agreed to serve for 2 more years.

How is the FBI ensuring our tax dollars are spent wisely?

What we're concerned about is what planes need to be fixed when. We need a sequencing plan.

I want to join with the Senator here, because there is confusion, and we are deeply concerned...

We know what the FBI does every day to keep American safe, and we appreciate it.

The public corruption unit and DOJ is fair and evenhanded, and, clearly, that was not the case in the prosecution of a great friend to many of us, and a great patriot for our country, who, unfortunately, was very badly abused by the DOJ.

60 percent of FBI's request is in the area of national security.

I don't know if we can sustain this growth, and then I'm concerned about once we put them in, it's a revolving door.

How is the FBI keeping America safe?

How is the FBI keeping our families safe?

What I would find very helpful is two things.

The record will be kept open for questions, and we then ask the Department to respond within 30 days.