"One of the reasons is that there are too many secrets of matters that do not need to be secret."
"I asked Director Haines about a matter that I'm especially concerned about and that's the National Security Council's rewrite of the Executive Order that governs classification and declassification."
"Disparities in our health-care system are well documented, and the impact they have in regard to vulnerable communities."
"this is more reason for the Congress and this Committee to step in and do this job and do it in a bipartisan way."
"Thrilled, terrific. But what about this other stuff?"
"I am all-in for Senator Cardin's program."
"Senator Stabenow has been one of the great leaders on health care in the U.S. Senate."
"I think your answer is spot-on, and I would be interested in any information you have or could supply."
"I do not want to make this a bouquet-tossing contest, but the fact is Senator Cardin has been after these issues for years and years, before they became popular, before they were debated on the floor ..."
"not my purview"
"Deamonte Driver was a 12-year-old who lived in Prince George's County, MD, about 7 miles from here."