There are three branches of government, not two, not just the Executive and the Congress.

We do not want to go back to rivers catching fire and the circumstances that Senator Boxer alluded to in her opening comments.

thank you for holding today's hearing on the EPA's Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ground-Level Ozone.

I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing May as National Mental Health Awareness Month. Sadly, mental health is a subject that often does not receive the attention it deserves in our society, despite the fact that mental illness…

let me first say that I thank Senator Wyden for his hard work. I am one of those who believe it is important for Congress to pass trade promotion authority. I don't believe we can complete the TPP without trade promotion authority. I think…

So, how far are we away, timewise, from having a policy in NATO that we will feel comfortable with in regards to how cyber fits into the traditional defense posture of NATO?

I would argue that Internet freedom and human rights issues are very much a matter for the military to be concerned about, because it does lead to violence, and it does lead to the use of our military.

I really want to thank both of the witnesses here.

Well, I am not going to get theoretical. And I know this is very, very tough.

I want to stop you for a moment, because, in your testimony, you come up with a good recommendation that there be voluntary norms of responsible state behavior during peacetime that would be universally appropriate, and that we will keep…

That is encouraging. I would just point out that, with mental health needs, a large percentage go untreated...

Build on the successful models. We have a lot of successful models out there that have been done.

the international impact and our international coordination is critically important to the security of this country.

I think that those are good suggestions. I agree that the technology at NIST needs to be better understood.

All I am suggesting is, make it more visible, because, if you do not do it, no other country will.

Can you answer my question about whether the United States is prepared to enter into a definitive standard that could jeopardize our security needs in using the Internet to defend America?

we are also doing it because we can perform a mission to this country that is critically important

We are at peace with Russia, we are at peace with China.

the government cannot do this alone. We really have no choice but to work closely with the private sector.

the United States stands ready to work with our GCC partners to determine urgently what action may be appropriate, using the means at our collective disposal, including the potential use of military force for the defense of our GCC…

the jurisdiction of this committee is critically important to our country.

we need to make sure that we have the protocols in place so we can protect the security of our country.

And how do you justify a Russian interpretation or a Chinese interpretation that, under national security, they are doing things that clearly violate our understanding of international law?

Thank you very much for being here and taking the time to make this a priority of yours.

If the United States does not mention it, it will not get mentioned. We are the leader on this.