Summer Lee

I am not totally convinced that the antitrust laws don't have an important role that can be utilized.

I believe the Judiciary Committee has an amazingly instrumental and intricately important role... on this whole question of reordering our markets.

I still think there is a monopolistic scenario with all the big banks.

I believe in alternative education, but I believe in it when it is not a way station.

I thank you for your leadership as it relates to sanity in gun regulation in this country.

I can assure you being on this committee, help is on the way.

I do know, knowing Senator Feingold and the Chairman, that he welcomes the everyman and everywoman.

I intend to and hope my Ranking Member will join me on encouraging, by way of letter, DHS to move forward on the characterization of the standards.

We are grateful to all the witnesses for recognizing their role in that.

This is not necessarily a hearing only on Mumbai. It is asking the serious question of, how do we protect the Nation's infrastructure.

I think, in addition to the analysis it is important to have real-life experiences as well, and I hope that is part of your assessment.

What do you want from the Government in terms of assistance?

We cannot focus too narrowly on any one preventive method.

I think you have given us our marching orders.

Enough time, if we were unlucky to have a number of terrorist acts, if that was what terrorists intended to do in the United States, and we were not prepared.

I associate myself with the idea of public finance, for example, in this narrow window.

I want to make sure you are not suggesting that the people of Pakistan are comfortable with terrorist acts and are not making efforts.

We should be talking about terrorism and preparedness, because both of those, coming together, meaning prepared to fight terrorism and being prepared will help to save lives.

If we have not gotten a wake-up call over the last series of years, noting the numbers of terrorist acts that have occurred...

I am much more comforted by the fact that you would be on the Commercial Facilities Coordinating Council than I might be on real estate.

Planning is extremely important.

I might edit it and say private and public sector, and that is what we hope the testimony will present us with this afternoon.

Thank you, Commissioner.

I will remind each Member that he or she will have 5 minutes to question the panel.

Can we say that there is ever too much money invested in security?