You have entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States in which it admitted facts, the bank, that related to past conduct, accepted responsibility for a violation of U.S. law, paid a $780 million fine, and turned…

Generally it needs to have a specific taxpayer.

And would welcome the tools that we have in our bill?

As a first step, Congress should enact the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, S. 506, which I and a number of my colleagues introduced earlier this week and which the Obama Administration endorsed yesterday through Treasury Secretary Geithner.

In sum, the Swiss Government has not provided any records sought under the Treaty Request, and it is not clear when, if ever, it will.

It is questionable whether we can continue to hide tax evaders behind banking secrecy.

There is an effort in this bill... to cut down the parochialism by forcing consideration of cost and schedule, not just requirements.

the cost should clearly not be the long pole in the tent.

The proposed rules have been reviewed, as I indicated, by Senator McCain and me and our staffs.

I know of nobody better prepared by experience, by character, the integrity that you have, by your demeanor to take on this responsibility.

This is a fundamental question of credibility.

Nobody's above the law and that he will follow the law wherever it takes him.

When I visited our troops in Afghanistan, I spoke to one of our senior intelligence officers who told me that treating detainees harshly is an impediment, it's actually a road block--to use that officer's words--to getting useful…

When you mistreat or torture people, that they will say anything to end the torture, particularly with waterboarding as an example.

The military does their own interrogation. The FBI does their own interrogation.

I feel very strongly about not using contractors for interrogation.

It's not just to the committee, but it's also to the public.

I believe that any contract with a contractor to do interrogation should be severed.

The Attorney General has said the same thing publicly, that waterboarding constitutes torture.

Will you take a look at that testimony and those statements of those commanders as part of your review?

President Obama has said that waterboarding is torture.

Are you willing to take a look at that downside?

Torture is illegal, immoral, dangerous and counterproductive.

We do know he gave us false information, saying that first hand information that the Iraqis had trained al-Qa'ida in the use of poison gases.

I believe you yesterday said that in any event, whatever this review produces, that you will not condone or authorize illegal conduct by CIA personnel or contractors.