Ron Wyden

I think it is time to reverse policy here.

I am just reporting to you what I have been told, but I have been told now that only five of these senior intelligence spots have been filled.

With respect to the role of intelligence analysts, I think it is well understood that they are going to be critical in terms of the Bureau's function.

I know it has been frustrating for you.

On what date will it be possible to say that the agency is really getting close to the point of 21st century technology?

I have asked about this in the past in my other capacity as a member of the Intelligence Committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and, Director Mueller, welcome, and I want to pick up exactly where Senator Durbin left off, and that is this question of the information technology issue.

This status quo makes it hard to do sensible and thoughtful congressional oversight.

I thought the Secretary began quickly to set a very different tone.

I think what I'd like to have an assurance on is that you will give great deference to the folks at the Fish and Wildlife Service.

We in the West can find common ground. We can find common ground.

What I can tell you, specifically, is I talked to virtually the entire administration's economic team. I wasn't able to convince them to go along, and I think that's unfortunate.

But I can tell you, specifically, as I talked to virtually the entire administration's economic team, I wasn't able to convince them to go along. And I think that's unfortunate.

I want to commend you, Mr. Chairman, and also Senator Feinstein.

Because my sense is, talking to local law enforcement officials, they certainly do not want the Federal Government to come on in and dictate to them various things with respect to these prosecutions.

Let us talk about ways to make it simpler, because I think you have put your finger on it.

I think anything that could raise the bar in this kind of joint prosecution effort and in the new area that we are just beginning to look at now, which is using Article 4 not just where we have a carefully identified suspect.

I would be happy to work on that with some of our Article 4 folks in Arizona.

I think making sure that wave energy gets the attention it warrants would fit perfectly at page two of the order.

I want to thank the Secretary first for the very strong message you sent about ethical priorities at the Department.

Let's get this definition right so that we can get some of the woody biomass off Federal lands.

I and others want to get that material and use it as a source of biomass, as a source of clean energy that we think will put people to work, and will, at the same time, make our forests healthier.

We've haven't been able to do it because of this policy with respect to Federal lands.

The natural gas siting process has just been a disaster.

I'm going to do everything I can to get this straightened out with respect to liquefied natural gas before we then leap to say this is the model that we ought to be using elsewhere.