I think sometimes, as I have talked to people, people have said, excuse me, Ron, you are going to pass a major Medicare bill in this kind of climate?

It's been an honor to be a part of that process.

Nobody thinks providers are getting up in the morning and saying, 'Gee, I really want to be rotten today to people with chronic conditions.'

I thank my colleague and good friend, Chairman Hatch, for his courtesies. We have worked very closely together on this nomination. This was a challenging task, and I thank Chairman Hatch for his cooperation. Mr. Lighthizer needed a waiver…

I and others who believe that we can have security and liberty, that they're not mutually exclusive, have always believed that this argument that you're going to be invading people's privacy doesn't add up.

I think it's critical the American people know how many innocent law-abiding Americans are being swept up in the program.

today I am placing a hold on the nomination of Sigal Mandelker to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. I will maintain that hold until the Treasury Department provides the Senate Intelligence…

The only question is whether he or someone associated with him coordinated with the Russians.

But the timing of this firing is wrong to anyone with a semblance of ethics.

The American people deserve to know whether in these extraordinary circumstances the CIA kept them safe.

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the heart of the challenge because when I look around this room we all think that you have to fight this battle on several fronts.

if you do not keep the doors open, everything else goes by the wayside.

That is what keeps communities safe is reducing those fuels.

this is the key time window.

this thing they did in 1999 was kind of a welfare program and it was supposed to phase out. That is not accurate.

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None of what you have said changes the fact that the Agency can conduct searches looking for information on law-abiding Americans where there is no requirement that they're suspected of anything.

The Agency spied on the committee in 2014, searching our computers.

Do you think there ought to be any accountability?

It seems to me public disclosure is all the more important today.

You have been accessible and you have been honorable in your service.