Ron Wyden actually said...

"Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. As an alum of this Committee, I know how much you value good science."

"I want to ask you about the unusual case of Ali al-Marri, the legal resident of the United States who has been held at the military brig in Charleston for the past several years."

"What our country has always been about is protecting the public good--in this case, fighting terrorism ferociously--and at the same time, being sensitive to individual liberty."

"I want to hold the record open on this point because I want to know specifically what you would do to beef up the fight against white-collar crime relative to what was done in the Bush administration."