"this legislation; this provisional draft is hardly a way for us to start an important hearing like this."
"Well, that is okay. There are many Members of Congress who cannot either."
"Less than 2 weeks ago, I was optimistic that we had turned a corner in the immigration debate..."
"But just 1 week later, all that promise is all but gone. Why the sudden turnaround? Apparently it is all President Obama's fault."
"Now, let me take this moment to assure them that the President is enforcing our immigration laws vigorously..."
"Is it reasonable that we should shoot for a goal that would allow people to have lawyers in case they cannot afford them?"
"the burden of proof for retaining a particular Government power should be on the executive to explain that the power actually and materially enhances security."
"the status quo is unacceptable."
"there has been no instance in which the National Security Agency could say with confidence that the outcome of a case would have been different without the Section 215 metadata program."
"the operation of the bulk telephone record program bears almost no resemblance to the actual text of the statute."
"And it also makes it clear that it must be relevant, and relevant does not mean everything."
"If the Government can only collect metadata with a particularized showing of suspicion and the Government cannot hold information in bulk, what is left of the telephone metadata program?"