We're going to be looking at all the sections of the PATRIOT Act as we look at this.

Saying that we shouldn't change something because Congress did it is never a good argument, because we are always changing something.

I don't think unlimited access is a right. It may be consonant with safety, it may not be.

It is tragic and absolutely unacceptable that it took nine deaths to produce this belated concession on the matter of clear law.

Today the Subcommittee--and let me, before I do the opening statement, I apologize for everyone here, including the witnesses, for the fact that this is almost 2 hours getting--late getting started, but that was unavoidably, as you know…

This seems reasonable and important--in fact, crucial--to assuring a fair process.

We do want it quickly. We are going to be debating the military commissions reform presumably in the context of the conference report on the DOD authorization bill which has now passed both houses.

We need to be sure that, however we handle these cases, we do not conduct kangaroo courts.

But we are not a police state. In order to imprison anyone, we must have sufficient evidence to do so.

This debate has been dominated by a great deal of fear-mongering.

the Canadian Parliament voted a 10 million, I think it was, dollar indemnity--for their--part in the injustice done to him

the Administration supports the Senate amendment that would ban statements obtained through cruel, inhuman or degrading interrogation methods.