"If I had a choice between government without newspapers and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter."
"There has got to be some really good reason for issuing a passport if you have not gotten the information back."
"we have an obligation to make sure that our system is done in an adequate way."
"Because how do we know that that will not happen--that is not happening right now?"
"That is even more concerning."
"Using your report based upon their response, it was predominantly a human error problem in the end."
"If you believe that the law is inadequate as it relates to those people who have Social Security numbers and providing information for you to do an adequate check, then let us know."
"this is a matter of, I think, extreme importance for national security."
"I appreciate that. I think there are two separate issues here."
"That obviously is a significant breach in the security system of our country."
"It should never have been issued, but we have taken additional steps to ensure that the 'No record found' will, in fact, stop the adjudication."