What worries me--and, Commissioner, I am going to use your examples--is many of our colleagues look and see unobligated funds, or funds that have been obligated, but it is 2 years later and they have not been spent, and they make two…

I share the concern of the Chairman that we do not have one person who is accountable to Congress, who is in charge of the strategy.

Security is everyone's business, that terrorists hide and train and plan in rural areas and not just in the areas that they are apt to strike.

I am going to push with the Chairman to continue to argue that we need one person accountable to Congress who is clearly in charge of the strategy for CVE and for homegrown terrorism.

Our focus should be on trying to detect, deter, and prevent the attack in the first place.

It is an opportune time to identify any shortcomings in that structure and work to correct them.

I believe that one of the shortcomings in preparedness in this country is our preparing the communities on a consistent basis on what to do in the event of an emergency.

I also believe that if the intelligence community more fully adopts the joint model of the military...

I am truly baffled by the Administration's slowness in this regard because it is an important check

I think most people who look at that say it would actually strengthen his authorities in the execution year.

I think it is important in real terms and also symbolically--that he have that budget control.

Last week's welcome news that Osama bin Laden was killed demonstrates exactly the kind of successful collaboration of intelligence and operations that we envisioned in reforming our capabilities.

The effectiveness of emergency communications has emerged as a concern due to the failures that occurred in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

In a report that was released by GAO earlier this year, GAO took a look at the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program that is used for access to our seaports, and its findings were disturbing in terms of protecting us from…

Senator Lieberman and I authored the law to give immunity to individuals who make such reports.

But the fact remains that al-Qaeda and other terrorist threats are not going away.

I think a 6-year term is too long and probably we should be looking at a 3-year term.

I have concerns based on GAO's findings about duplication, a lack of communication, and coordination.

I am concerned about people being approved to come, but I am concerned about the 58,000 already here.

We shall never forget those whom we lost on September 11, 2001.

These programs, in my judgment, also do not focus sufficiently on corruption in the passport issuance process overseas.

I think our big threat now is attacks to our homeland, and the piece of this we need to nurture--and, in fact, it is doing well--is the NCTC.

It has been just 2 weeks since the operation in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki, who reportedly sought poisons, including cyanide and ricin, to attack the United States.

It is vital to review these lists before departure and not once the plane is airborne.

As I look at the DNI or, indeed, any position in Washington, there are really three levels of power: First is access to the President; second is authority over personnel; and third is control over the budget.