"I'm also concerned that the development of the smart grid could create more potential vectors for cyber attack."
"In your view, Director, are there any terrorist groups capable of mounting a significant cyber attack on our country today?"
"I don't believe that a change of a single individual as president would change in and of itself a fundamental Iranian policy like development of nuclear weapons."
"We need to pay very careful attention to the adequacy of our support for fundamental research in this country."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. As an alum of this Committee, I know how much you value good science."
"I greatly appreciate your very kind remarks, and I value the time that you took to come here today."
"Everyone in this room understands that if we are going to make enduring changes in climate change, they are going to have to be bipartisan."
"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 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."
"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."
"I believe firmly, constitutional principles are fixed."