Claire McCaskill: “I hope you guys reconsider the position you are taking on the use of these homeland security monies.”

This is not Joe Biden. We have some of the least inflation in the developed world.

This is really, really bad. What they’re saying is, if you criticize the president of the United States, as an elected member of Congress, we will silence you.

This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.

There is an over-classification problem, and I was surprised Secretary Gates didn't mention it.