I just think that we need to, coming out of this Committee, at least make our recommendations to them.
There was phenomenal reluctance. Phenomenal. And that is why I am saying this. I would not say this if it did not pain me.
What I would suggest is that you all adopt the Commander-in-Chief's very words, the urgency of now.
I wonder what that means. And I must tell you it pains me tremendously.
I just worry that when it times come for the rubber to meet the road, we will discover there is no road.
This is our watch. This is our watch. And if we fail to act, then I am convinced that lives will be lost.
Should it be updated in light of changed circumstances?
I would like to caution us in referring to when President Jefferson sent our Navy over to battle the Barbary pirates, because in order to ge...
I promise you we will work with the Coast Guard and others in our Defense Department to see what we can do to bring clarity.
What my message is, is that we're going to do everything in our power to help them and protect them.
And the fact is that in Baltimore, a person could be standing at a bus stop. There could be 20 people, somebody could come up, kill that -- ...